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In the Middle East, free speech is poorly protected. Thousands of citizens in the Arab world have been prosecuted due to something they wrote online. …
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Fawaz Alkhateeb
Sovereign acts immunise the government: A window to the underworld
On 17 April 2022, the General Authority of the Court of Cassation issued a verdict stating that governmental decisions on nationality matters are not subject …
Read More »Criminal Laws Review Committee holds 1st meeting at Kuwait Society of Lawyers
Initial recommendations for amending penal, procedural texts related to rights of accused: Alkhateeb KUWAIT CITY, May 1: The Criminal Laws Review Committee held a meeting …
Read More »Taher Group Law Firm holds The Hague talks event at GU
Dutch Embassy collaboration KUWAIT CITY, April 9: Taher Group Law Firm (TAG) held the Hague Talk event, which dealt with a case entitled “Were women’s …
Read More »The dilemma of the crime of imitating the opposite sex in Kuwait.Why is the law unconstitutional?
In 2007, the National Assembly in Kuwait amended article 198 of the penal code, criminalizing ‘imitating the opposite sex in all forms’. The article stipulates …
Read More »Lawyer Dr Alkhateeb calls for amendment of Article 60 bis of penalty code
Kuwait Bar Association holds panel discussion in presence of group of jurists KUWAIT CITY, Dec 25: Kuwait Bar Association held a panel discussion entitled “Conventions …
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The Court of Appeal upholds the innocence of a defendant of the crime of carrying an unlicensed firearm and ammunition, insulting a public official while …
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Suicide bid not crime KUWAIT CITY, Nov 28: Reacting to the recently-published news article on suicide cases, an assistant professor at the Kuwait College of …
Read More »Call for a moral revolution against honour killings
Murder of women, children can be neither justified nor tolerated Attorney Dr. Fawaz Alkhateeb The recurrence of the disturbing practice of murdering women and children …
Read More »‘Extremist groups promoting terror beliefs must face law’
With the current developments in the Middle East and Afghanistan, press coverage of terrorism suggests that the term refers to the actions of large groups …
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