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05KUWAIT4718
2005-11-08 13:24:00
UNCLASSIFIED
Embassy Kuwait
Cable title:
HUMAN RIGHTS DAY 2005: QUOTE FROM KUWAIT ON THE
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UNCLAS KUWAIT 004718
SIPDIS
DRL/SEA FOR PSAWCHYN, NEA/ARPI FOR BERNS
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PHUM KPAO PGOV ODIP APER KU
SUBJECT: HUMAN RIGHTS DAY 2005: QUOTE FROM KUWAIT ON THE
MEANING OF HUMAN RIGHTS AND FREEDOM
REF: SECSTATE 202764
In response to reftel, Post is pleased to submit a quote
summarizing the sentiment of Kuwaiti women in the final
months of the 40-year struggle for women's suffrage. Leading
up to the historic May 16 National Assembly vote that granted
Kuwaiti women full political rights, women and men alike
rallied outside their parliament building holding banners,
chanting slogans and wearing blue t-shirts emblazoned with
the phrase "half a democracy is not democracy" in bold white
letters. The Secretary, who monitored the suffrage movement
closely, even repeated the Kuwaiti mantra during her welcome
remarks at DRL's Human Rights and Democracy Officer
conference in September. Referencing this quote while
commemorating Human Rights Day would recognize the efforts of
homegrown movements demanding greater democracy and freedom
in the Middle East.
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Visit Embassy Kuwait's Classified Website:
http://www.state.sgov.gov/p/nea/kuwait/
You can also access this site through the
State Department's Classified SIPRNET website
*********************************************
LEBARON
SIPDIS
DRL/SEA FOR PSAWCHYN, NEA/ARPI FOR BERNS
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PHUM KPAO PGOV ODIP APER KU
SUBJECT: HUMAN RIGHTS DAY 2005: QUOTE FROM KUWAIT ON THE
MEANING OF HUMAN RIGHTS AND FREEDOM
REF: SECSTATE 202764
In response to reftel, Post is pleased to submit a quote
summarizing the sentiment of Kuwaiti women in the final
months of the 40-year struggle for women's suffrage. Leading
up to the historic May 16 National Assembly vote that granted
Kuwaiti women full political rights, women and men alike
rallied outside their parliament building holding banners,
chanting slogans and wearing blue t-shirts emblazoned with
the phrase "half a democracy is not democracy" in bold white
letters. The Secretary, who monitored the suffrage movement
closely, even repeated the Kuwaiti mantra during her welcome
remarks at DRL's Human Rights and Democracy Officer
conference in September. Referencing this quote while
commemorating Human Rights Day would recognize the efforts of
homegrown movements demanding greater democracy and freedom
in the Middle East.
*********************************************
Visit Embassy Kuwait's Classified Website:
http://www.state.sgov.gov/p/nea/kuwait/
You can also access this site through the
State Department's Classified SIPRNET website
*********************************************
LEBARON