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Kuwait uses provisions to criminalize various means of expression: HRW

KUWAIT: Human Rights Watch (HRW) released its 'World Report 2016,' which provides an overview regarding the human rights' conditions in each country. In its coverage for Kuwait, HRW said that the government aggressively cracked down on free speech throughout 2015, using provisions in the constitution, the national security law, and other legislation to stifle political dissent, as well as passing new legislation criminalizing or increasing...

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Kuwait last among 'partially free' states in Freedom House report

KUWAIT: Journalists and civil society activists in Kuwait found themselves under fresh assault in 2015, Freedom House said in its most recent report. Authorities in Kuwait are quashing dissent with increasing aggression and frequency, galvanizing concerns about citizenship revocation and use of the death penalty, says the 'Freedom in the World 2016' report, which ranks Kuwait among a short list of 'Countries to Watch in 2016' with states like...

MP Abdullah Al-Maayouf

Lawmaker questions ministers over 'hiring expat officials'

MP Abdullah Al-MaayoufKUWAIT: MP Abdullah Al-Maayouf continued to slam ministers for appointing expats in senior positions in their offices and departments under them instead of hiring citizens. Following his inquiry from Minister of Social Affairs and Labor Hind Al-Subaih a few days ago about appointing an Egyptian man in her office as a 'senior specialist,' he also inquired from the Minister of Justice and Awqaf Yaaqoub Al-Sane about hiring...

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Illegal resident families failed to update data

KUWAIT: Some 400 illegal resident families from the 1956 census failed to update their data despite three months of the new campaign to enable them to adjust their status, said the central apparatus for the remedy of the situation on illegal residents yesterday.Executive at the central apparatus colonel Suleiman Al-Hussainan said that illegal residents were urged to complete their data as soon as possible. He called on them to bring the necessary...

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Man says beaten for driving by camp

KUWAIT: A citizen filed a case against six others accusing them of assaulting and beating him because he drove by their camp in Kabd desert, said security sources, noting that the man provided a medical report with his injuries. The citizen said he passed by the suspects' camp looking for his friends' camp, which the suspects did not believe. A case was filed and the suspects are being summoned.Search for harasserA female citizen filed a case...

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Year of austerity

Muna Al Fuzai Predicting oil prices seems like a futile endeavor, since there are many variables that interfere in decisive ways. But for the moment, it seems that 2016 is the year of austerity in Kuwait, where HH the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah has asked the government to reduce expenses in the budget of the Amiri Diwan and its affiliates in order to rationalize expenditure. The decision coincides with the low price of a barrel of...

FC Barcelona's Neymar, right, duels for the ball against Atletico Madrid's Diego Godin, second left, during a Spanish La Liga soccer match at the Camp Nou stadium in Barcelona, Spain, Saturday, Jan. 30, 2016. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez)

Messi, Suarez edge Barca past nine-man Atletico

FC Barcelona's Neymar, right, duels for the ball against Atletico Madrid's Diego Godin, second left, during a Spanish La Liga soccer match at the Camp Nou stadium in Barcelona, Spain, Saturday, Jan. 30, 2016. -AP BARCELONA: Barcelona took control of the La Liga title race as goals from Lionel Messi and Luis Suarez inspired a come from behind 2-1 win against nine-man Atletico Madrid yesterday. Koke handed the visitors a deserved early lead, but...

TOPSHOT - Germany's Angelique Kerber (R) holds The Daphne Akhurst Memorial Cup as she celebrates after victory her women's singles final match against Serena Williams of the US (L) on day thirteen of the 2016 Australian Open tennis tournament in Melbourne on January 30, 2016. AFP PHOTO / SAEED KHAN-- IMAGE RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - STRICTLY NO COMMERCIAL USE / AFP / SAEED KHAN

Kerber stuns Williams to win first major title

TOPSHOT - Germany's Angelique Kerber (R) holds The Daphne Akhurst Memorial Cup as she celebrates after victory her women's singles final match against Serena Williams of the US (L) on day thirteen of the 2016 Australian Open tennis tournament in Melbourne on January 30, 2016. -AFPMELBOURNE: A tearful Angelique Kerber stunned an errant Serena Williams to win the Australian Open yesterday and thwart the American top seed's bid to equal Steffi...

Remains of a vehicle which caught fire along King Fahd expressway

Charcoal smoke kills workers

Remains of a vehicle which caught fire along King Fahd expresswayKUWAIT: A citizen reported that two workers at his farm died from inhaling carbon monoxide inside their room. The victims along with a third worker had lit charcoal for heating as they slept in their locked-room, and kept the charcoal burning due to the extreme cold. According to the citizen, on noticing that the laborers on his farm were not working as usual in the morning, he...

Omar Al-Ghureir

Private schools union hopes next meeting with ministry sets fees increase criteria - Exclusive interview

Omar Al-GhureirKUWAIT: The Ministry of Education (MoE) has agreed to increase tuition fees at American and British private schools in Kuwait from the next academic year, before the National Assembly suspended all fee increases until a parliamentary committee reviews the issue with the minister. Meanwhile fee increases at other private schools such as Arabic, Indian, Pakistani and others has not been decided yet. These schools are demanding to...

KUWAIT: (From left) Advisor at His Highness the Prime Minister’s Diwan Dr Sheikha Rasha Al-Humoud Al-Sabah, Deputy Minister of Amiri DiwannAffairs Sheikh Ali Jarrah Al-Sabah and Indian Ambassador to Kuwait Sunil Jain attend the Indian Doctors Forum. — Amiri Diwan photos.

Kuwait seeks Indian professionals as it expands health care: Sheikh Ali

KUWAIT: (From left) Advisor at His Highness the Prime Minister’s Diwan Dr Sheikha Rasha Al-Humoud Al-Sabah, Deputy Minister of Amiri DiwanAffairs Sheikh Ali Jarrah Al-Sabah and Indian Ambassador to Kuwait Sunil Jain attend the Indian Doctors Forum. — Amiri Diwan photos.KUWAIT: Kuwait is expanding its infrastructure in health care and we look forward to more and more Indian health professionals joining us in the future, a senior government...

Syrian chief negotiator and the country's ambassador to the U.N. Bashar Ja'afari, right, attends the Syria peace talks in Geneva, Switzerland, Friday, Jan. 29, 2016. Indirect peace talks aimed at resolving Syria’s five-year conflict began Friday at the U.N, headquarters in Geneva, without the participation of the main opposition group. (Martial Trezzini/Keystone via AP)

16 more starve to death in Syria's besieged Madaya - Opposition heads to peace talks in Geneva

Syrian chief negotiator and the country's ambassador to the U.N. Bashar Ja'afari, right, attends the Syria peace talks in Geneva, Switzerland, Friday, Jan. 29, 2016. Indirect peace talks aimed at resolving Syria’s five-year conflict began Friday at the U.N, headquarters in Geneva, without the participation of the main opposition group. - APGENEVA: Syria's main opposition body headed to Switzerland yesterday to demand progress on the dire...

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