Kuwait City
Taking a shocking step, the Gulf country Kuwait has taken away citizenship of 37,000 people overnight. Most of them are women who gained citizenship through marriage. Some have been living in Kuwait for more than 20 years. Many came to know about this when they arrived for routine work. The 50 -year -old Lama (name changed) came to know during a weekly workout class, when his credit card payment was rejected. When they checked them, their bank account was temporarily freezed, as their nationality was canceled.
Lama, a native of Jordan, said in a conversation with AFP that it was a setback for him. He requested not to use his real name for fear of the authorities. He said, ‘After being a citizen who followed the law for more than 20 years, you wake up in the morning and find now you are not a citizen. This is not right at all. ‘
Steps taken under the initiative of Sheikh example
This step of Kuwait is part of the reformist initiative of the rule led by Amir Sheikh Mishal al-Ahmed al-Sab. Its purpose is to limit nationality to poetic blood relations and give a new shape to Kuwaiti identity. Analysts say that the aim of the citizenship policy is to reduce its voters potentially by limiting the nationality of the oil rich country to blood relations. Amir Sheikh Meshal dissolved Parliament five months after assuming power in December 2023 and suspended parts of the Constitution.
26000 women sorted citizenship
The 37,000 people whose citizenship has been canceled in Kuwait is at least 26,000 women. However, some media reports suggest that the actual number may exceed this. Professor Badal al-Saif, a history professor at Kuwait University, said, while the cancellation of citizenship in Kuwait is not new, but this number is definitely unprecedented.
Kuwait already has a stateless community of about 100,000 Bidoon people. Bidoon is a billion minority who comes from a nomadic tribe called Badin, who settled in Kuwait. When Kuwait became Azad in 1961, Bidoon people were not included as citizens. The new remedy eliminates citizenship through marriage.
Some parts of the constitution were suspended
When a woman named Lama, who lives in Kuwait, started paying with a credit card in Kuwait City, it was found out that her bank account was freezed and her citizenship has been taken away. Lama is originally from Jordan. Significantly, Amir Sheikh Meshal Al Sabah became the rich of Kuwait in December 2023. After this, he dissolved the Parliament. Along with this, parts of the Constitution have been suspended.
