Kuwait | Alkarama Foundation

Kuwait’s top court sentences peaceful demonstrators, including current and former MPs, to up to three and a half years in prison

20 Jul 2018

(Geneva, July 20, 2018) – Alkarama has requested the urgent intervention of the United Nations Special Rapporteurs on freedom of expression (SRFRDX) and peaceful assembly (SRPAA) in the case of 20 MPs and opposition activists who were handed their final se

Alkarama participates in UN Human Rights Council side event “Statelessness and Revocation of Citizenship in the Gulf”

22 Mar 2018

On March 16, 2018, as part of a larger Statelessness Committee of NGOs and academic partners, the Alkarama Foundation participated in a side event organised in the context of the 37th session of the Human Rights Council in Geneva to discuss the current situation of statelessness, restrictive nationality laws and the revocation of citizenship in the Gulf.

Appeal set for February 18 in case of 67 Kuwaiti activists detained after 2011 protest against corruption

16 Feb 2018

Geneva, February 16, 2018 -- On February 12, 2018, Alkarama sent an urgent appeal to the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of the right to freedom of opinion and expression, David Kaye, ahead of the upcoming appeal of 67 opposition activists and members of parliament s

Alkarama Person of contact for country

Julia Legner, Email : j.legner - at - alkarama -dot- org , Twitter : @JuliaLegner

Our concerns

Legal framework which severely restricts the right to freedom of opinion and expression used to prosecute dissenting voices including human rights defenders, journalists and political opponents;
Unabated discrimination and marginalisation of the Bidoon community.

Human Rights Instruments

International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR)

ICCPR Ratified ?

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ICCPR Ratification Date

21 May 1995