Barrak was first detained in October on suspicion of "undermining the status of the emir." He had warned Emir Sheikh Sabah al-Sabah in a speech that he would not be allowed to "take Kuwait into the abyss of autocracy."
"We've been taken by surprise because Kuwait has always been known internationally and in the Arab world as a democracy-loving country," Ayyad al-Harbi's lawyer told Reuters.
After deplaning at Baghdad airport, the Iraqi prime minister Nouri al-Maliki kissed the Kuwaiti emir on the cheek and the two held hands as they walked down the runway.
KUWAIT CITY — As people across the Middle East take to the streets, they were joined by one group in Kuwait who have no rights at all, the stateless Bidun.
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