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

A Kuwaiti-American journalist, who had been detained in Kuwait, has been acquitted, according to the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ).

Ahmed Shihab-Eldin, who has previously worked for PBS, HuffPost, the New York Times, the BBC and Al Jazeera, was arrested on 3 March during a brief visit to Kuwait.

Earlier this month, the CPJ said it understood authorities had charged him with “spreading false information, harming national security and misusing his mobile phone”.

The CPJ said that his posts prior to the arrest had included a “a…