Turning to the national and international issues, Al-Otaibi charges, "The above mentioned law not only violates human rights, it contradicts with Kuwait's Constitution which guarantees litigation for all citizens and expats. It also robs the right to a fair trial in accordance with international principles."
The bottom-line, Al-Otaibi asks,: "Doesn't Kuwait enjoy enough notoriety with regard to human rights violations?"
Finally, Al-Otaibi lets it be known that this particular law and its bungled and unfair implementation is not the fault of the people of Kuwait--but the fault of the government of Kuwait during this interim period, i.e. between dismissal in March 2008 of the parliament and the new elections set for mid-May. Al-Otaibi points out that in the international arena the people and legislature are demeaned by the ruling leadership for being immature, but in fact it is the government that is at fault here.
WHY DOESN'T THE U.S. MEDIA TAKE THIS APPROACH?
After reading this hard charging editorial in the midst of national elections I have to seriously ask:
Why couldn't the USA media have shouted the following in loud voice in at least one-third of the nation's newspapers during the week after the Patriot was passed in October 2001? "The above mentioned law not only violates human rights, it contradicts with the USA Constitution which guarantees litigation for all citizens and expats. It also robs the right to a fair trial in accordance with international principles."
Instead 1200 foreigners were arrested within weeks in late 2001 and others were expelled without trial or sent overseas for torture .
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