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Kuwait's monarch dissolves parliament and suspends constitutional provisions13 May 2024
On Friday, the Emir of Kuwait, Sheikh Meshaal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, issued an Emiri decree to dissolve the country’s National Assembly and temporarily sus…
Kuwait's constitutional court finds law criminalizing "imitation of opposite sex" unconstitutional16 February 2022
Kuwait's constitutional court has declared as unlawful an article of the country's penal code that criminalises the “imitation of a member of the opposite sex”.…
Op-ed: Kuwait must prioritize women's representation18 January 2021
The eighteenth session of the Kuwaiti National Assembly elections is not merely one of bad luck for Kuwaiti women. Rather, we may go so far as to label it the “…
Kuwaiti National Assembly rejects proposed law allowing citizenship for non-Muslims28 December 2018
The National Assembly’s interior and defense committee yesterday rejected a draft law to allow authorities to grant Kuwaiti citizenship to non-Muslims which is …
Kuwait's National Assembly debates constitutionality of questioning of prime minister28 November 2018
As expected, the National Assembly yesterday voted to refer an opposition-sponsored grilling against Prime Minister Sheikh Jaber Al-Mubarak Al-Sabah over allege…