Kuwaiti bloggers have criticised government plans to censor blogs and said any such attempts were unacceptable and futile. Their position comes at a time when authorities are considering amending the country’s media law to allow for the “close monitoring” of online sites. “It will be very difficult for the government to censor or block...
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A Kuwaiti political activist has challenged a lawmaker who had accused her of promoting freemasonry in the country to an open debate in the presence of the media. MP Mohammad Al Hayef on Thursday charged Najla Al Naqi of helping facilitate the establishment of a Lions Club in Kuwait after she hosted the general...
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Nine Arab crossdressers were arrested on New Year’s Eve and charged with public debauchery. They will be tried in a court of law after the public prosecution completes its investigation. The police did not mention their nationalities, but said that they were from different Arab countries and that they were arrested in a hotel...
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A Bahraini lawmaker has called for strict measures against domestic helpers who run away from their employers to work in hotels. “According to the available figures, hundreds of housemaids abscond from the houses where they are supposed to work in order to join hotels and clubs. This is a dangerous phenomenon because it encourages...
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Men make up three quarters of the total population of Qatar, official figures have indicated. Out of a total population of Qatar of 1,631,728 at the end of the year, men, both Qataris and non-Qataris, numbered 1,254,092 while women were 377,636, the official statistics authority said. The figures represent a 51,678 increase...
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Kuwaiti MPs are pushing for the reinstatement of the mandatory military draft, a local newspaper has said. The lawmakers have decided to go ahead with a draft law that will make it compulsory for all male Kuwaitis to join the military service, Arrouiah daily reported on Monday.
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Kuwait’s traffic police is waging a war with reckless and irresponsible drivers, the interior minister said, pledging a zero-tolerance towards all those who break the laws. “We are shocked by the attitudes of some youngsters who break the law, disregard ethics and manners and are reckless about the safety of other people. We have...
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Hundreds of women and men listen to NDAS candidate Muneera Fakhro explain her election programme in 2006 The National Democratic Action Society, Bahrain’s largest non-religious society, will contest in the parliamentary elections later this year, its general assembly has decided. The decision was taken on Saturday evening following weeks of intense debates over the...
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