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| Identifier | Subject | Date | Office | Classification | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 07KUWAIT221 |
KUWAIT'S EFFORT TO APPEASE BIDOON WITH DRIVER'S [...] (C) Summary: After months of vague promises to ease their plight, the Ministry of Interior (MOI) on January 6 began issuing driver's licenses to Kuwaiti Bidoon (stateless residents) for the first time on a broad scale in many years. The intended goodwill gesture soon gave way to disenchant [...] |
2007-02-16 14:26:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PHUM KISL KU BIDOON |
| 09KUWAIT1159 |
BIDOON KEPT AWAY FROM CANCELED PARLIAMENT SESSION [...] (U) On December 10, the Kuwaiti parliament failed to hold a planned session on a bill to extend education and healthcare benefits to the country's 100,000 Bidoon (stateless residents who assert rights to Kuwaiti citizenship). Parliament Speaker Jassem Al-Khorafi canceled the session at exactly [...] |
2009-12-14 06:08:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KISL KU BIDOON |
| 09KUWAIT558 |
KUWAIT'S STATELESS BIDOON: BACKGROUND AND RECENT [...] (SBU) Summary. For the past twenty years, Kuwait's 100,000 stateless Bidoon residents have been denied access to the free healthcare, education, and other welfare-state benefits enjoyed by Kuwaiti citizens. Demonstrating a growing social awareness of the plight of the Bidoon and a sensitivity [...] |
2009-06-03 11:34:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KISL KU BIDOON |