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Kuwait's Constitutional Court: A Landmark Verdict
1 May 2006 The Kuwaiti constitutional court issued a historic verdict to abolish a law that has been stifling the freedoms of assembly, gatherings and public marches for more than half a century. The abolished law had been issued in 1879, with a governmental decree during the parliament suspension at that time, and was passed by the parliament reassembly. The law stated that citizens have to obtain an advance approval from the authorities in order to be allowed to organize, associate or initiate public marches or public meetingd. The constitutional court stated that "The right to assembly and the freedom of expression are public freedoms that constitutionally safeguarded". This abolishment verdicts means that Kuwaiti citizens who seek to hold public meetings or marches need only to notify authorities, not to ask for permissions, in addition to canceling all the law suits filed by the government on the basis of this law against Kuwaiti political activists. Keeping up in this drive, the Kuwaiti legislature has passed a new Publishing Act less than two months ago, that included several significant reforms, such as prohibiting illegal detention of journalists; amending the legislations pertaining to media and press; and allowing establishing new daily newspapers for the first time in 30 years. |
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