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October 2000
 Volume 12, Number 2(E)

KUWAIT
PROMISES BETRAYED

Denial of Rights of Bidun, Women, and Freedom of Expression

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

I. INTRODUCTION

II. RECOMMENDATIONS

III. KUWAIT'S RESERVATIONS TO THE ICCPR

IV. DISCRIMINATION BASED ON ORIGIN AND STATUS: THE BIDUN

V. DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN VI. RESTRICTIONS ON FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION VII. APPENDICES

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

This report was researched and written by Clarisa Bencomo, researcher in the Middle East and North Africa division of Human Rights Watch. The report draws on her interviews with members of the Kuwaiti National Assembly, officials of the Ministry of Interior, lawyers, human rights activists, and members of the Bidun community, conducted during a mission to Kuwait in April 2000. Several of those interviewed have asked that their names not be made public.

The report was edited by Joe Stork, advocacy director of the Middle East and North Africa division of Human Rights Watch, and Malcolm Smart, program director of Human Rights Watch. Wilder Tayler, legal and policy director of Human Rights Watch, and Isis Nusair, researcher on the Middle East and North Africa with the Women's Rights division of Human Rights Watch, also reviewed the report. Tobie Barton of the Middle East and North Africa division of Human Rights Watch prepared the report for publication.

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