INTERNATIONAL COUNCIL SUPPORTING FAIR TRIAL AND HUMAN RIGHTS WRITTEN STATEMENT TO HRC40 AT UNITED NATION - GENEVA

Restrictions on freedoms in Kuwait

The INTERNATIONAL COUNCIL SUPPORTING FAIR TRIAL AND HUMAN RIGHTS

also calls upon the competent bodies of the United Nations, in particular the Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of the right to freedom of opinion and expression, to pressure the Kuwaiti Government to amend or repeal laws contrary to Article 19 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Which states: “Everyone has the right to freedom of opinion and expression; this right includes freedom to hold opinions without interference and to seek, receive and impart information and ideas through any media and regardless of frontiers”

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Restrictions on freedoms in Kuwait