Kuwait - Latest Press Releases

PAL/ISR - News

Israel: 12-year-old Palestinian girl released after over two months in prison

PAL/ISR - News | 28 April 2016

A young girl hugging an old woman below a poster of Yasser Arafat Alkarama welcomes the release, on 24 April 2016, of 12-year-old Palestinian student Dima Al-Wawi, who was arrested on her way to school on 9 February 2016 and, on 18 February, was sentenced by the Israeli Ofer Court to four months in prison for “carrying a knife”, which according to the court, would have been used to kill Israeli settlers.

Israel: Palestinian clown to spend 6 months in administrative detention for accusations he denies

PAL/ISR - News | 10 March 2016

Mohammad Sakha smiles and waves On 14 December 2015, 24-year-old circus performer Mohammad Faisal Nafez Abu Sakha was arrested by Israel Forces and later placed in administrative detention for six months for allegedly “being a member of an illegal organisation,” an accusation he denies. In view of these facts, on 8 March 2016, Alkarama sent an urgent appeal to the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territories occupied since 1967 (SR OPT) Makarim Wibisono, asking him to urgently call upon the Israeli authorities to release him immediately.

Palestine: a 12-year-old girl sentenced to 4.5 months in prison by an Israeli court

PAL/ISR - News | 02 March 2016

On 18 February 2016, 12-year-old student Dima Al-Wawi was sentenced by the Israeli Ofer Court to four and a half months in prison and a fine of 8,000 Shekel (US$ 2,000) for "carrying a knife in her backpack, attempting to kill Israeli settlers and threatening Israel's security." She is currently detained in a prison for women together with other juvenile prisoners and her family is not allowed to visit her. Concerned over these facts, on 29 February 2016, Alkarama sent an urgent appeal to the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territories occupied since 1967 (SR OPT), Makarim Wibisono, asking him to call upon the Israeli authorities to immediately release Dima. As she does not have access to education in prison, Alkarama also sent a letter to the Office of International Standards and Legal Affairs of UNESCO, which examines communications relating to the violation of the right to education committed by any Member State of UNESCO.

Palestine: New Case of Punitive Demolition and Land Grabbing − Israeli Authorities Must Stop this Practice and Provide Remedy to Victims

PAL/ISR - News | 12 February 2016

In the middle of the night on 8 January 2016, the Israeli Defence Forces (IDF) destroyed Shafeeq Halabi's house in Surda, a village north of Ramallah, in reprisal against Halabi's son Muhannad shot dead by the police three months earlier for stabbing Israelis. Concerned over the continued use of house demolitions as a punitive measure − in this case the demolition was carried out merely to punish Muhannad's relatives who had nothing to do with the attack − Alkarama sent on 12 February 2016 a communication to the United Nations Special Rapporteur on adequate housing (SR Housing), Ms Leilani Farha, requesting her to call upon the Israeli authorities to provide the Halabi family with an effective remedy for this blatant violation of their rights.

Palestine: Reporter Arrested and Tortured for Allegedly "Inciting Violence Through the Media"

PAL/ISR - News | 19 January 2016

On 21 November 2015, 34-year-old reporter at Al Majd TV Mohammad-Adeeb Ahmad Sulaiman Alqeeq was arrested from his home by Israeli soldiers and taken to the Al Jalameh prison, where he was subjected to periods of incommunicado detention and torture. Accused of "inciting violence through the media", Alqeeq remains since in administrative detention. In view of these facts, Alkarama sent Alqeeq's case to the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of the right to Freedom of Opinion and Expression (SR FRDX), David Kaye, asking him to urgently intervene with the Israeli authorities to request Alqeeq's immediate release.

Kuwait - HR Instruments

International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR)

ICCPR: Accessed on 21.05.1996
Optional Protocol: No

State report: Due 02.11.2014 (3rd)
Last concluding observations: 22.12.2011

Convention against Torture (CAT)

CAT: Accessed on 08.03.1996
Optional Protocol: No
Art. 20 (Confidential inquiry): No
Art. 22 (Individual communications): No

Next State report: Due on 03.06.2015 (3rd)
Last concluding observations: 28.06.2011

International Convention for the Protection of all Persons from Enforced Disappearance (CED)

No

Universal Periodic Review (UPR)

Last review: 05.2010 (1st cycle)
Next review: 2015 (2nd cycle)

National Human Rights Institution (NHRI)

No