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Cairo 12/4/2010
ACIJLP Submits Two
Complaints against the Government of Kuwait to the Special Rapporteur on
the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms
and Special Rapporteur on the Human Rights of Immigrants
As Kuwaiti authorities arrested
and forcedly repatriated Egyptian national working in Kwuati on Friday
9/4/2010 as a result of exercising their right to freedom of opinion and
expression and the right to peaceful assembly, ACIJLP lodged a complaint
to UN Special Rapporteur on the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights
and Fundamental Freedoms and Special Rapporteur on the Human Rights of
Immigrants.
The two complaints described the
violation of the Kuwaiti authorities to the provisions of the
International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, specially Article
13 therefrom "An alien lawfully in the territory of a State Party to the
present Covenant may be expelled therefrom only in pursuance of a
decision reached in accordance with law and shall, except where
compelling reasons of national security otherwise require, be allowed to
submit the reasons against his expulsion and to have his case reviewed
by, and be represented for the purpose before, the competent authority
or a person or persons especially designated by the competent
authority".
Moreover, Kuwaiti authorities
violated article 3/1 of the Convention Against Torture and other Cruel,
Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment "Each
State Party shall ensure in its legal system that the victim of an act
of torture obtains redress and has an enforceable right to fair and
adequate compensation including the means for as full rehabilitation as
possible. In the event of the death of the victim as a result of an act
of torture, his dependents shall be entitled to compensation".
ACIJLP
indicated that Kuwait ratified the aforementioned violated international
instruments upon arresting about 30 Egyptian nationals working in Kuwait
and started their forced repatriation to Egypt on Friday 9/4/2010.
The arrested Egyptians organized a
peaceful gathering in Al Salimyea (Eastern Kuwaiti City) to express
their support to the nomination of Dr. Mohamed El Baradi'e (the former
director of the International Atomic Energy Agency) in the coming
presidential elections due to be held in Egypt in 2011.
ACIJLP
calls upon Special Rapporteur on the Promotion and Protection of Human
Rights and Fundamental Freedoms and Special Rapporteur on the Human
Rights of Immigrants for prompt action to immediately release the
arrested and stop the forced repatriation to the rest of the
aforementioned detainees, and the same time ensure that the forcedly
repatriated aren't suffering any kind of torture, and other cruel,
inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment.
Two Complaints
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