Kuwait constitutional court rules women lawmakers not required to wear headscarf
October 28, 2009
[JURIST] The Kuwaiti Constitutional Court [official website, in Arabic] ruled Wednesday that female lawmakers are not required to wear the hijab [JURIST news archive], or traditional Muslim headscarf. The ruling was in response to a petition brought by four voters seeking to invalidate the election....... [more] 
Kuwait constitutional court rules women do not need permission to get passport
October 22, 2009
[JURIST] The Kuwaiti Constitutional Court ruled Tuesday that a 1962 law requiring a woman's male guardian to grant her permission to obtain a passport is unconstitutional. The court found [Kuwait Times report] that the article in the Personal Status Law that required a woman to obtain the approval o....... [more]
Guantanamo detainee repatriated to Kuwait
October 9, 2009
[JURIST] The US Department of Justice (DOJ) [official website] announced Friday that Kuwaiti Guantanamo Bay [JURIST news archive] detainee Khaled Al-Mutairi has been returned to his home country [press release]. The US government alleged that Al-Mutairi had fought against American troops in Afghanis....... [more]
Federal judge orders release of Kuwaiti Guantanamo detainee
September 18, 2009
[JURIST] A judge in the US District Court for the District of Columbia [official website] on Thursday granted [order, PDF] the habeas corpus petition filed by Guantanamo Bay [JURIST news archive] detainee Fouad Al Rabiah, ordering his release. Al Rabiah, a Kuwaiti national, had been held at Guantana....... [more]
Federal judge orders release of Kuwaiti Guantanamo detainee
July 30, 2009
[JURIST] A judge in the US District Court for the District of Columbia [official website] on Wednesday ordered the release [order, PDF] of Kuwaiti Guantanamo Bay [JURIST news archive] detainee Khaled Al-Mutairi. Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly granted Al-Mutairi's petition for habeas corpus, finding in....... [more]
US human trafficking report adds 6 countries to worst offenders list
June 17, 2009
[JURIST] The US State Department (DOS) [official website] on Tuesday added Chad, Eritrea, Malaysia, Niger, Swaziland, and Zimbabwe to its list of countries with the worst human trafficking records in the Trafficking in Persons Report 2009 [materials; introduction, PDF]. The countries join Burma, Cub....... [more]
US pledges to review files of Kuwaiti Guantanamo detainees: Kuwait minister
April 26, 2009
[JURIST] Kuwait's Ministry of Foreign Affairs [official website, in Arabic] said in a statement [text, in Arabic] Sunday that US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton [official website] has promised that the US will review the files of four Kuwaiti detainees at Guantanamo Bay [JURIST news archive]. Kuw....... [more]
Pentagon files war crimes charges against two Kuwaitis at Guantanamo
October 23, 2008
'[JURIST] The US Department of Defense announced Wednesday that it has filed new war crimes charges against two Kuwaiti men held at the US detention center in Guantanamo Bay. Fouad Rabia, a US-educated aeronautical engineer suspected of running a supply....... [more]
Guantanamo ex-detainee was Iraq suicide bomber: US military
May 8, 2008
'[JURIST] One of the bombers involved in a series of suicide attacks in Mosul, Iraq, in April was a former detainee held at Guantanamo Bay, the US military said Wednesday. Kuwaiti Abdullah Salim Ali al-Ajmi was detained in Afghanistan before being....... [more]
Japan court finds military involvement in Iraq unconstitutional
April 17, 2008
'[JURIST] The Nagoya District Court in Japan ruled Thursday that Japan''s air force mission to Iraq breaches the Japanese constitution, but did not order the government to redeploy the 210 air force personnel in Kuwait aiding the US-led Multi-National....... [more]
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