Abdullah Muhammad Al-Saleh

Abdullah Muhammad Al-Saleh (Arabic: عبدالله محمد عبدالله الصالح) is a London-based Kuwaiti journalist, political talk show host and activist. He has been sentenced to 74 years in prison in Kuwait for criticizing Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, and Oman.

Abdullah Muhammad Al-Saleh
عبدالله محمد عبدالله الصالح
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Born (1985-05-08) May 8, 1985
Kuwait City
NationalityKuwaiti
EducationKuwait University (Bsc Businesses Administration and Marketing)
London South Bank University (Msc, PhD Economic Development)
Occupations
  • Journalist
  • political talk show host
  • activist

Education

Al-Saleh studied at Kuwait English School from 1988 to 2001 and graduated IGCSE. He earned Bachelor's degree in Business administration and Marketing at the college of Business Administration in Kuwait University from 2001 to 2005 and Master's degree in Development studies at London South Bank University from 2009 to 2010.

He did PhD in Economic Development[1] at London South Bank University from 2011 to 2015.[2]

Career

Al-Saleh started his career as a marketing officer at Al Imtiaz Investment group in 2005, he then worked as a marketing and VIP clients officer at ADEEM Investment and Wealth Management Company in 2007. He then also worked as a VIP clients manager Al Najat Society from 2007 to 2009.[3]

He also worked as a journalist for several magazines and newspapers in Kuwait including Al Anba newspaper, Al Watan newspaper, and Al Jarida newspaper.[4]

Al-Saleh also runs a political YouTube show[5] that exposes corruption in the Gulf States.[4]

Al-Saleh has been interviewed by various media TV channels and newspapers including BBC Arabic, Alarabiya and AlJazeera.[6] He was a member of the National Union of Kuwaiti Students from 2004 to 2005.

Political views

Al-Saleh was sentenced to 54 years in prison for criticising[7] the leaders and governments of Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, and Oman.[8] He sought asylum in the UK at December 2017 which was endorsed by the Amnesty International.[9] He was granted political refugee status by the 18th of March 2020.[10][11] His case has been highlighted by the US Department of State report on the Human Rights of Kuwait.[12]

In 2021, he leaked his alleged "phone call" with the Deputy of Royal Protocol in Kuwait Mohammad Al-Abdullah Al-Mubarak Al-Sabah which resulted in controversy in the country.[13][14] In the same year he was harassed by a member of the Royal family, Mubarak Al-Abdullah Al-Mubarak Al-Sabah.[15]

References
  1. "PhD paper of Al-Saleh" (PDF). lsbu.ac.uk.
  2. Al Saleh, A. (2016). Analysing Shariah-compliant microfinance _ a case study of Uganda (Ph.D). British Library EThOS. doi:10.18744/PUB.001782.
  3. "Exiled Kuwaiti blogger defiant after conviction for opposing Qatar siege". Middle East Eye.
  4. "Kuwaiti authorities sentence local journalist in absentia to five years hard labor". Committee to Protect Journalists. cpj.org. 12 January 2018.
  5. "Kuwait slaps blogger who insulted Saudi Arabia with five-year sentence". The New Arab. 26 December 2017.
  6. "#تحياتي_وأشواقي | مقابلتي في قناة BBC Arabic 121". YouTube.
  7. "Kuwaiti blogger sentenced to prison over UAE insults". Arabian Business magazine.
  8. "Ten years in jail upheld". Arab Times. 25 March 2019.
  9. "Amnesty International letter".
  10. "مجدداً.. "الجنايات": حبس المغرد عبدالله الصالح 5 سنوات". جريدة القبس.
  11. "Kuwait sentences blogger to ten-year for tweet against Saudi, UAE and Bahrain". AhlulBayt News Agency (ABNA). 27 January 2018.
  12. "2020 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices: Kuwait". www.state.gov.
  13. العرب, Al Arab (24 April 2022). "شيخ كويتي يتوقّع "نهاية" بلاده في عشر سنوات |" [A Kuwaiti Sheikh predicts the 'end' of his country in ten years]. صحيفة العرب (in Arabic). Archived from the original on 7 September 2021.
  14. ""نهاية الكويت في غضون سنوات".. تسجيلات صوتية خطيرة لمسؤول كبير تفجر غضب الكويتيين | وطن يغرد خارج السرب". Watan (in Arabic).
  15. "Cease and desist letter from Al-Saleh".
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