Kuwait Summons U.S. Envoy Over Offensive Tweet

Date: 05 June 2022 - 21:49

News ID: ۱۰۳۲۹۶

KUWAIT (Dispatches) – Kuwait has summoned the U.S. envoy over a controversial post on Twitter that celebrated the so-called LGBT Pride Month in violation of the Arab country’s laws that criminalize homosexuality. In a tweet, the U.S. embassy in Kuwait said President Joe Biden is a “champion for the human rights of #LGBTQI persons” while marking the event. Homosexuality is punishable by law in a number of Muslim-majority countries, including Kuwait. Kuwait’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs Acting Assistant Minister for Affairs of the Americas Nawaf Al-Ahmad late on Thursday handed Acting Charge d’Affaire at the U.S. embassy, James Holtsnider, a memorandum disavowing his tweet.