Security forces in Kuwait have fired tear gas, stun grenades and smoke bombs at protestors who were demonstrating against new electoral laws due to be enforced in December.
The protestors organized via Twitter, after the planned demonstration was declared illegal by the government with police sealing off the original protest site. Despite many roads being blocked, around 2,000 protestors were thought to have demonstrated and several dozens thought to have been arrested.
On a Twitter account named "The Dignity of a Nation", the organizers said,
The protestors organized via Twitter, after the planned demonstration was declared illegal by the government with police sealing off the original protest site. Despite many roads being blocked, around 2,000 protestors were thought to have demonstrated and several dozens thought to have been arrested.
On a Twitter account named "The Dignity of a Nation", the organizers said,
"After we have expressed our message of rejecting any play in the constitution, we announce the end of the procession."The protests were announced by the opposition after an change in electoral law was claimed to give pro-government candidates an advantage in elections and slammed as "a coup against the constitution".