Although the UAE is rarely mentioned in relation to the Arab Spring, Emiratis did not remain silent in 2011. A group of activists petitioned the president to call for democracy, an elected parliamentary body, and legislative powers for the Federal National Council. A majority of the petitioners belonged to an Islamist organization called al-Islah, which[…]
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20 August 2015 – Americans for Democracy & Human Rights in Bahrain, along with the Kuwait Watch for Human Rights Organization, submitted a report to the United Nations Committee on Civil and Political Rights (UN-CCPR) concerning Kuwait’s failure to implement key provisions of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR). Kuwait acceded to[…]
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On 26 June 2015, Nawaf al-Hendal delivered an oral intervention at the 29th session of the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva under Item 6 on limitations on freedom of expression and other human rights abuses in Kuwait. Please read more for full remarks or click here to download a PDF. الرجاء الضغط هنا لقراءة هذه[…]
