Protests in Kuwait
Since October 2012, Kuwait’s citizens have been demonstrating against new electoral rules implemented prior to the upcoming December 1st, 2012 government elections. Opposition supporters claim the new laws are unfair and lead to the country's opposition party from being able to fairly participate in the elections. The demonstrations have been increasing in size, spreading outside of the government’s designated protest area, and resulting in arrests and the use of teargas and smoke bombs to disperse the protestors. More
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Kuwait's election: Giving democracy a bad name | The Economist
11 Jan 04:05THE case of Kuwait dents the notion that if the Gulf’s richest rulers give lavish handouts to their people they will stay politely apathetic in their politics. The...
zenith: Elections in Kuwait
11 Jan 03:54The election was unprecedented, not because it was successfully implemented, but because its results were less important than in the past for civil society activism.
Kuwait Decides to Jail Man for 'Insulting' Tweets
11 Jan 03:40Kuwait has generally been a much more open and free society than some of its neighbors in the region, but there's been troubling news lately concerning the decision to put a man in jail for two years for a tweet "insulting the emir" followed quickly...
Kuwait advances refinery upgrades delayed by protests | World Tribune
11 Jan 03:39Kuwait is again progressing with its multi-billion-dollar refinery project amid unprecedented Islamist unrest.
Kuwait: Security Forces Attack Protesters | Human Rights Watch
11 Jan 03:37(Beirut) – Kuwait security forces have on several occasions used what appears to be excessive force to disperse largely peaceful protesters at a series of demonstrations over participation in the country’s political process since October 2012.
Kuwait House okays decree curbing popular vote | GulfNews.com
09 Jan 05:25Decision to ratify may help deflect any legal challenge to the election
في الكويت.. من المسؤول عن إثارة الأزمات السياسية؟
12 Dec 07:30تحمل قوى المعارضة في الكويت الحكومة و"إداراتها الفاسدة" مسؤولية الأزمة الراهنة، فيما يقول مقربون من الحكومة إن الخلاف مع المعارضة ليس...
AFP: Kuwait opposition to camp outside parliament
10 Dec 02:23Kuwaiti activists have called for protesters to camp outside parliament next Saturday on the eve of its opening session as they step up pressure to dissolve the newly elected house.
Thousands protest in Kuwait City - Middle East - Al Jazeera English
10 Dec 02:22Demonstrators call for parliament to be dissolved after poll boycotted by the opposition.
Thousands protest in Kuwait City - Middle East - Al Jazeera English
10 Dec 02:22Demonstrators call for parliament to be dissolved after poll boycotted by the opposition.
المعارضة الكويتية تنظم مسيرة وطن الرابعة
08 Dec 17:25نظمت المعارضة السبت مسيرة جديدة للمطالبة بإلغاء مرسوم الضرورة، الذي عدل بموجبه قانون الانتخابات وحل مجلس الأمة.
المعارضة في الكويت تنظم مسيرة وطن الرابعة
08 Dec 17:25نظمت المعارضة السبت مسيرة جديدة للمطالبة بإلغاء مرسوم الضرورة، الذي عدل بموجبه قانون الانتخابات وحل مجلس الأمة.
مظاهرة للمعارضة الكويتية احتجاجا على قانون الانتخابات
07 Dec 18:29أعلنت المعارضة الكويتية أنها حصلت على ترخيص لتنظيم مظاهرة "كرامة وطن 4" المقرر انطلاقها صباح السبت احتجاجا على قانون الانتخابات.
Young Kuwaitis hold protest march
07 Dec 15:47KUWAIT: Hundreds of young Kuwaitis chanting protest slogans gathered at a roundabout outside Kuwait’s capital yesterday in the latest snap demonstrat
صور من وكالة رويترز لـ مظاهرات الكويت الليلية احتجاجاً على الانتخابات
07 Dec 15:45صور نشرتها وكالة الانباء (رويترز) عن تلك المظاهرات التي دخلت يومها الرابع في مناطق الكويت (صباح الناصر ، ام الهيمان ، الجهراء ، الصباحية...
MEI Editor's Blog: Kuwait Election Results
07 Dec 15:44To no one's particular surprise, the Kuwaiti Prime Minister has been reappointed to a new term in the wake of the December 1 elections. The elections, which drew widespread protests and an opposition boycott, were the second parliamentary election...
Kuwait's election: Giving democracy a bad name | The Economist
07 Dec 15:42THE case of Kuwait dents the notion that if the Gulf’s richest rulers give lavish handouts to their people they will stay politely apathetic in their politics. The...
Kuwait elects new parliament on record low turnout| Reuters
07 Dec 15:41Kuwaitis elected a new parliament that is expected to be more cooperative with the government than its predecessor after an opposition boycott of the poll and protests that divided the
Protests continue in Kuwait as emir reappoints PM | Al Bawaba
06 Dec 08:28Hundreds of demonstrators in Kuwait took to the streets outside of the country's capital on Wednesday, for the third consecutive night of protests since last weekend's parliamentary elections.In October Kuwait's emir Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmad al-Sabah,...
الشرق الأوسط - BBC Arabic - التوتر يسود الكويت قبيل موعد الانتخابات النيابية
05 Dec 14:07تسود دولة الكويت اجواء التوتر بينما يستعد الناخبون للتوجه الى مراكز الاقتراع في ثاني انتخابات نيابية تشهدها الامارة الخليجية هذا العام.
بدء فاعليات مظاهرات “كرامة وطن 3″ بالكويت…والدعاية الإعلانية للانتخابات تغزو البلاد | ONA - ONews Agency
05 Dec 14:06دعت المعارضة الكويتية الى المشاركة في المظاهرات التي تنظم الجمعة تحت مسمى مسيرة كرامة
مظاهرات ليلية يومية في الكويت ضد البرلمان الجديد | موقع المسلم
05 Dec 14:05شهدت الكويت أمس مظاهرة ليلية في
Kuwait: Election Winners by Constituency | Impatient Bedouin
05 Dec 11:27This post lists the election winners for the December 2012 Kuwaiti parliamentary election.
Clashes in Kuwait after opposition's election boycott - PhotoBlog
05 Dec 01:23Kuwaiti protesters clashed with riot police on Tuesday during a demonstration against the results of an election boycotted by the opposition, Reuters reports.Kuwait's ruler accepted the government's resignation on Monday, the state news agency KUNA...
"We Need Democratic Reform"
04 Dec 18:22Kuwait City. November 30, 2012. Photo Credit: Jamal Saidi / Reuters
Releasing orange balloons as part of what Kuwait's protesters have dubbed the coming "Orange Revolution"
04 Dec 18:21November 30, 2012. Photo Credit: Jamal Saidi / Reuters
Opposition hits streets in ‘flash’ demos | Kuwait Times
04 Dec 17:18The demonstrations were not previously announced and began at the same time in a coordinated way to press demands for abolishing the new parliament and scrapping a disputed amendment to the electoral law.
Protesters in Kuwait March Against Parliamentary Election Outcomes
04 Dec 17:17December 4, 2012. Photo Credit: Obaida al Ahmad / Reuters
.:Middle East Online::Kuwaitis protest against new pro-government parliament:.
04 Dec 17:16KUWAIT CITY - Hundreds of opposition supporters demonstrated in various areas of Kuwait on Monday to demand scrapping the newly elected parliament, witnesses said.
Riot police fire tear gas at banned Kuwait protest | News | DW.DE | 05.11.2012
04 Dec 11:27Kuwaiti security forces have fired gas at thousands of opposition supporters gathered for an unauthorized demonstration against new voting rules. Electoral law was altered ahead of next month's parliamentary elections.
Kuwait's opposition calls for protest Saturday | Al Akhbar English
04 Dec 01:23Kuwait's opposition calls for protest Saturday Published Monday, December 3, 2012 Kuwait's opposition on Monday called for a demonstration to be held
Kuwait opposition hails election boycott a success - KUWAIT - FRANCE 24
03 Dec 21:17Opposition groups in Kuwait on Sunday declared their election boycott a success following a voter turnout of around 40 percent, significantly lower than previous parliamentary elections.
Parliamentary poll divides Kuwait | euronews, world news
03 Dec 21:16world news - Polls have closed in Kuwait after one of the most divisive parliamentary elections in the Gulf nation’s recent history. Islamist, tribal and Liberal parties all boycotted the…