Filipina domestic worker May Membriri Vecina was pardoned on 1 June 2009 by the Amir of Kuwait. She should be returned to the Philippines on 24 June. The Amir had ...
In the Middle East and North Africa region, human rights defenders are all too often vilified, persecuted and even criminalized for their peaceful activities. This ...
Filipina domestic worker Marilou Ranario was sentenced to death in 2005, and had her sentence confirmed by the Court of Cassation on 27 November 2007. The sentence ...
Thamer Marzouq al-Azm, aged 21 (full name previously not known), was hanged inside the interior ministry complex in Kuwait City on 21 December. His hooded body ...
Thamer MA, who was sentenced to death for murder by Kuwait's Criminal Court, has now had his sentence ratified by the Amir of Kuwait, and may be executed at any ...