A Kuwaiti court on Monday postponed to June 7 the trial of Mohammad Al Jassem, the activist charged with insulting the emir, inciting the overthrow of government and spreading false news that could affect Kuwait’s national interests. A request by his lawyer to grant him bail and allow him to go home on the...
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Archive for May 24th, 2010
Kuwaiti activist’s trial postponed to June 7
Bahrain national rights watchdog calls for end to misunderstanding between Bahrain and Qatar
Bahrain Human Rights National Commission on Monday has called for an end to the misunderstanding between Bahrain and Qatar over the shooting and detention of a Bahraini fisherman by the Qatari authorities. Tension between the two countries have flared up in the last ten days after Adel Al Taweel, a 37-year-old fisherman, was shot...
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Kuwait establishes national authority for academic accreditation and education quality.
Kuwait has established a national authority for academic accreditation and education quality. The new authority will ensure the highest educational standards for Kuwaiti nationals and will be accrediting overseas academic institutions in which Kuwaiti students are enrolled as well as the private universities and academic programmes in Kuwait, Moodhi Abdul Aziz Al Hmood, the...
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Qatar to host Turkish film festival
A Turkish film festival will be held next week in Qatar in a new indication of the growing interest of the Arab world in drama from its non-Arabic speaking Muslim neighbour. The films to be screened at the First Doha Turkish Film Festival on June 6-9 will feature actors and actresses popular in the...
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