Kuwaiti authorities arrested American-Kuwaiti journalist Ahmed Shihab-Eldin on March 3 after he posted videos of a U.S. Air Force crash during the Iran conflict, reportedly charging him with spreading false information and harming national security. Kuwait has issued new decrees criminalizing reporting on military operations and critical commentary, with penalties up to 10 years imprisonment. However, an NBC News headline suggests he may have died in custody, which would fundamentally alter the nature of this story — the EFF post's call for his 'immediate release' assumes he is alive and detained, a claim that requires urgent independent verification given conflicting reports.