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Kuwait
Gulf · Arabian Peninsula
Following the protection of expression, the situation of stateless Bidoon, and human rights defenders working in Kuwait.
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Our position on Kuwait
We call for the protection of free expression in Kuwait, the resolution of statelessness for the Bidoon community in line with international standards, and an end to the prosecution of speech under cybercrime and security laws.
— HuMENA
The Region, Connected
No country in MENA stands alone.
This country sits at the centre of the threads HuMENA follows — across borders where defenders flee, refugees move, and accountability converges.
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Where our work concentrates here.
Five strategic areas — Civic Space, Defenders, Digital Rights, Governance, Diaspora. Bar height shows the depth of HuMENA's coverage in that area for this country.
Civic Space
Defending freedoms of expression, association, and peaceful assembly.
Defenders
Protection support and case advocacy for defenders at risk.
Digital Rights
Surveillance accountability and digital safety for civil society.
Governance
Fair-trial monitoring, judicial independence, and inclusive governance.
Diaspora
Cross-border protection and amplification of exiled voices.
Chronicle
A working record of our interventions.
Statements, reports, advocacy moments, defender cases. Chronological. Growing.
Mar 2026
PRESS RELEASES
At the international level
Where this work meets the institutions.
HuMENA carries documentation into the mechanisms with the most leverage — UN bodies, EU institutions, and joint civil-society coalitions.
UN UPR
Civil-society submissions on Bidoon
UN treaty bodies
Engagement on statelessness
Joint advocacy
With regional partners
Defenders
The people behind the work.
HuMENA stands with human rights defenders, journalists, lawyers, and activists. Where their identities can be public, we credit them. Where they cannot, we protect them.
Defender cases we are documenting in Kuwait. Curated profiles appear here as consent is given; until then, our published record speaks for the work.
Press Releases
Detention of Fareah Al-Saqqaf and Suad Al-Munayes by State Security Raises Serious Concerns about Freedom of Expression and Legal Safeguards in Kuwait
Mar 13, 2026
Joint Statements
The AIMC must end its role in transnational repression, say NGOs
Feb 17, 2025
Joint Statements
Kuwaiti government must end campaign of mass citizenship stripping and repeal recent amendments to Nationality Law
Feb 13, 2025Publications
Reports, statements, and analyses.
Detention of Fareah Al-Saqqaf and Suad Al-Munayes by State Security Raises Serious Concerns about Freedom of Expression and Legal Safeguards in Kuwait
The AIMC must end its role in transnational repression, say NGOs
Kuwaiti government must end campaign of mass citizenship stripping and repeal recent amendments to Nationality Law
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