Bashar AlSayegh
| Bashar AlSayegh | |
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| Born |
January 29, 1977 Kuwait |
| Residence | Kuwait |
| Nationality | Kuwaiti |
| Education | Mechanical Engineering Diploma |
| Alma mater | The Public Authority for Applied Education and Training |
| Years active | 1995 Till now |
| Employer | AlJarida Newspaper, Head of Parliament Department; Co-Founder of KuwaitNews, LLC |
| Title | General Secretary of National Democratic Alliance |
| Political party | National Democratic Alliance |
| Website |
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Bashar AlSayegh (born 29 January 1977; Arabic: بشار الصايغ]) is a Kuwaiti journalist and politician.
Detention
On August 18, 2007 AlSayegh was arrested [1] by the state security services after comments that insulted Kuwait's ruler, Emir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmed Al-Sabah, were posted on his personal website, www.alommah.org, although the comments were posted anonymously and deleted by AlSayegh 15 minutes later.
Kuwait's Interior Ministry [2] has said the arrest of journalist Bashar Al-Sayegh, over comments about the country's Amir, was lawful and denied press claims the reporter had been kidnapped. Acting Interior Undersecretary Major General Ahmad Al-Rujaib said in a press conference that the comments were punishable by law.
"This is a national security crime" he said, referring to article 25 of criminal law which states a prison term "not exceeding five years will be handed down to anyone who publicly challenges the rights or authorities of the Amir or insults him – whether in speech, writing, drawing, or any other means of expression."
AlSayegh was released days later after being interrogated.
Journalistic work
AlSayegh worked in AlAnba Newspaper from 2001 to 2007 as IT journalist, then he moved to AlJarida Newspaper since March 2007 till now as parliament journalist.
In 2009 he was promoted as head of parliament department in AlJarida Newspaper and IT Manager.
Political Work
AlSayegh is a member of National Democratic Alliance (AlTahalof); a liberal party in Kuwait since 2003. In 2015, AlSayegh was elected as General Secretary for the party for two years.
KuwaitNews
AlSayegh established online newspaper portal http://www.kuwaitnews.com in 2009. The newspaper was sold in October 2016 for $2.2 million.
TV Interviews
AlMajles Channel in April 2015
AlMajles Channel, "Hashtag Show" in December 2014