Journalist detained in Kuwait acquitted of ‘spreading false information’, says press monitor

Committee to Protect Journalists says Ahmed Shihab-Eldin was found innocent after 52 days in detention

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A Kuwaiti-American journalist, who had been https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/apr/14/detention-journalist-ahmed-shihab-eldin-kuwait-crackdown-freedom-speech-iran-war">detained in Kuwait, has been acquitted, according to the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ).

Ahmed Shihab-Eldin, who has previously worked for PBS, HuffPost, https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/15/world/middleeast/kuwait-shihab-eldin-journalist-detained.html">the New York Times, the https://www.ahmedshihabeldin.com/">BBC and Al Jazeera, was https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/apr/14/detention-journalist-ahmed-shihab-eldin-kuwait-crackdown-freedom-speech-iran-war">arrested on 3 March during a brief visit to Kuwait.