Kuwaiti man arrested for criticizing government on twitter

Kuwait has arrested a Kuwaiti Shiite Muslim man for publishing criticism of the ruling families in Bahrain and Saudi Arabia on social media site Twitter.Nasser Abul was arrested and no charges have been pressed against him so far. Democracy activists have used social media to debate, organize and share information in Bahrain where the government crushed a protest movement. Gulf Arab government is trying to stop protest movements that brought down Egyptian and Tunisian leaders this year taking off in their patch.They fear democracy movements could allow Shiite power Iran to gain influence. Bahrain questioned a rights activist in April for publishing an image which appeared to show signs of torture on a man who died in detention during the unrest.