KUWAIT: A Kuwaitiman was recently granted political asylum in Canada, said Kuwait LiberalAssociation member Anwar Al-Rasheed, stressing that he has been in contact withthe young man sentenced to jail in Kuwait because of some posts he made onTwitter. Rasheed explained that the young man left Kuwait for Canada before thesentence was passed and remained there for a while before applying forpolitical asylum and explaining his motives. "The application was approvedand he is now a refugee in Canada," Rasheed explained. Notably, there is agroup of Kuwaiti bloggers in London who have been sentenced to prison becauseof tweets deemed abusive to certain figures or sister countries andincriminated by law.
Expats' degrees
Commenting on thesituation of expats who came to Kuwait to work with degrees from accrediteduniversities and how to accredit them in Kuwait, the Public Authority forManpower stressed that this issue out of its jurisdiction and that it is theresponsibility of the ministries of foreign affairs and higher education tooversee this topic.
Meanwhile, theCivil Service Commission stressed that employees contracted over the past threeyears all matched the regulations of decree number 17/2017, which prioritizesemploying Kuwaitis, then children of Kuwaiti women and then Arab non-Kuwaitisin jobs with not enough Kuwaiti candidates such as doctors, health services andeducation, or in jobs Kuwaitis refuse to take such as services and crafts (drivers,office boys, undertakers or gravediggers).
Pharmaceuticaltreatments
Ministry ofHealth's assistant undersecretary for food and medicine control Dr AbdullahAl-Bader said Health Minister Sheikh Dr Basel Al-Sabah issued a resolutionorganizing the registration and handling of pharmaceutical treatments. Baderexplained that previous regulations had not been updated in 40 years and thatthe new decision came to comply with ministerial instructions to remain updatedand cope with the latest developments in international control systems relatedto importing medicine, registering and handling it.
Teachers'timetables
Minister ofEducation Dr Saud Al-Harbi stressed his keenness on developing education,achieving stability and justice in teachers' timetables in various schools.Harbi added that he urged the public education sector to reconsider teachers'timetables and the classes they teach per week in a way that achieves justiceand equality, adding that he will personally follow up this issue.
By A Saleh