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Spotlight: Kuwait Attacks Free Expression & the Law

Kuwaiti authorities continue to target human rights defenders supporting Bedoon rights

Kuwaiti authorities continue to target human rights defenders supporting Bedoon rights

19 February 2019
Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR)

Authorities continue to target human rights defenders who took part in four sit-ins organised in front of the Central Apparatus for Illegal Residents' Affairs.

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Kuwait Digital Rights Free Expression & the Law

Kuwaiti human rights defenders summoned for cyber-crime investigation

Abdulhakim Al-Fadhli and Hamid Jameel were summoned by Kuwait's Electronic and Cyber Crime Combatting Department (ECCCD) for their peaceful activities on the internet.

‎ Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR)‎12 February 2019

Kuwait Digital Rights Free Expression & the Law

Kuwaiti court strikes down draconian DNA law

The overly broad 2015 DNA law had required all Kuwaiti citizens, residents, and visitors to provide DNA samples to authorities, in violation of their right to personal privacy.

‎ Human Rights Watch (HRW)‎17 October 2017

Kuwait Free Expression & the Law

Prominent Bedoon rights advocate remains unjustly imprisoned in Kuwait

Prominent human rights defender Abdulhakim Al-Fadhli is still being held at the Central Prison in Kuwait and risks facing deportation from the country, according to reports received by the Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR).

‎ Gulf Centre for Human Rights‎17 July 2017

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‎ Reporters Without Borders

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‎ Human Rights Watch

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‎ Human Rights Watch

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‎ Arabic Network for Human Rights Information

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‎ Human Rights Watch

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‎ Reporters Without Borders

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Kuwait sentences online activist to 5 years in jail and permanent exile for insulting the emir

‎ Human Rights Watch

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‎ Human Rights Watch

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‎ Human Rights Watch

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‎ Human Rights Watch

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