The head of the National Commission set up by King Hamad Bin Eisa Al Khalifa to supervise the implementation of the recommendations by an international fact-finding commission on the incidents that hit Bahrain has resigned. “I am no longer able to assume the important responsibility of heading the National Commission and I request Your...
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The death of a teenager from Sitra, a town south of the capital Manama, has clouded the end of the year in Bahrain where the chasms between the two religious communities are widening and the divergences between media reports are perplexing. Syed Hashem Saeed Eisa, 15, died late on Saturday, but Bahrain heard two...
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The number of Kuwaiti women who signed up to run for parliament in 2012 has increased by 10, compared to the figure in 2009 when the last elections were held. As the 10-day registration period ended on Friday, 29 women had registered to run, compared to 19 who signed up in 2009. The total number of candidates for...
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A total of 389 Kuwaitis will be running in the elections for a parliament in February, officials said at the end of the ten-day registration process. According to the figures, 360 men and 29 women have signed up as candidates in the national election on February 2 when around 400,000 Kuwaitis are scheduled to...
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A Bahraini court will next month look into the case of five policemen for their role in the death of a detainee. “The public prosecution has referred a case of torture and mistreatment by employees of the Ministry of Interior to the High Criminal Court,” Nawaf Hamza, the head of public prosecution, said.
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A 5,000 Dinar ($17,495) reward will be given to anyone who reports vote-buying cases as parliament elections heat up, Kuwait Transparency Society has said. “We have been informed that anyone who reports the crime of buying votes will be offered KD5,000,” the society, tasked with monitoring the parliamentary elections in Kuwait, said.
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A Kuwaiti court will decide next week whether a move by a former lawmaker to cancel the parliamentary elections should be considered. Sa’adoon Hamad Al Utaiba filed an urgent case to suspend the call for the election of a new parliament on February 2, arguing that the dissolution of the outgoing national assembly was...
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