As Kuwaiti authorities arrested and forcedly repatriated Egyptian national working in Kwuati on Friday 9/4/2010 as a result of exercising their right to freedom of opinion and expression and the right to peaceful assembly, ACIJLP lodged a complaint to UN Special Rapporteur on the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms and Special Rapporteur on the Human Rights of Immigrants.
The two complaints described the violation of the Kuwaiti authorities to the provisions of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, specially Article 13 therefrom “An alien lawfully in the territory of a State Party to the present Covenant may be expelled therefrom only in pursuance of a decision reached in accordance with law and shall, except where compelling reasons of national security otherwise require, be allowed to submit the reasons against his expulsion and to have his case reviewed by, and be represented for the purpose before, the competent authority or a person or persons especially designated by the competent authority”.
Moreover, Kuwaiti authorities violated article 3/1 of the Convention Against Torture and other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment “Each State Party shall ensure in its legal system that the victim of an act of torture obtains redress and has an enforceable right to fair and adequate compensation including the means for as full rehabilitation as possible. In the event of the death of the victim as a result of an act of torture, his dependents shall be entitled to compensation“.
ACIJLP indicated that Kuwait ratified the aforementioned violated international instruments upon arresting about 30 Egyptian nationals working in Kuwait and started their forced repatriation to Egypt on Friday 9/4/2010.
The arrested Egyptians organized a peaceful gathering in Al Salimyea (Eastern Kuwaiti City) to express their support to the nomination of Dr. Mohamed El Baradi’e (the former director of the International Atomic Energy Agency) in the coming presidential elections due to be held in Egypt in 2011.
ACIJLP calls upon Special Rapporteur on the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms and Special Rapporteur on the Human Rights of Immigrants for prompt action to immediately release the arrested and stop the forced repatriation to the rest of the aforementioned detainees, and the same time ensure that the forcedly repatriated aren’t suffering any kind of torture, and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment.
