Bloggers weary of Kuwait's new internet laws

There is a new internet law on the way in Kuwait and there are concerns that it will have an influence on the blogging community.

According to the Kuwait Times

the draft law contains 37 different categories of offense, including slandering religions, the Kuwaiti constitution or the person of the Amir, with each offense incurring different penalties such as fines or imprisonment.

The countries bloggers see the move as a way of inhibiting freedom of expressio and a number have written of their concerns,one writes

An average reader of the new proposals will realise that the new draft covers what is referred to as Internet crimes in general but has left in a lot of ambiguous issues, which were left floating and at the disposal of those with judicial authority