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  2. Human rights in Kuwait - Wikipedia

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    Human rights organizations frequently criticize Kuwait for the human rights abuses toward foreign nationals. Foreign nationals account for 70% of Kuwait's total population. The kafala system leaves foreign nationals prone to exploitation. Administrative deportation is very common in Kuwait for minor offenses, including minor traffic violations.

  3. Political issues in Kuwait - Wikipedia

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    Since the 1970s, the Kuwaiti government annually announces that Kuwait will reduce the number of expatriates. Human rights organizations frequently criticize Kuwait for the human rights abuses toward foreign nationals. Foreign nationals account for 70% of Kuwait's total population. The kafala system leaves foreign nationals prone to ...

  4. Kafala system - Wikipedia

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    According to company spokesperson Gerdien Vloet, one reason for this decision was the accusations of human rights abuses. [48] In April 2020, the government of Qatar provided $824 million to pay the wages of migrant workers in quarantine or undergoing treatment for COVID-19.

  5. As Kuwait cracks down, a battle erupts over women's rights - AOL

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    When an instructor in Kuwait this month advertised a desert wellness yoga retreat, conservatives declared it an assault on Islam. Increasingly, conservative politicians push back against a ...

  6. Human trafficking in Kuwait - Wikipedia

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    The Government of Kuwait does not fully comply with the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking, and is not making significant efforts to do so. The U.S. State Department's Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons placed the country in "Tier 2 Watchlist" in 2017. [3] In 2019 Kuwait was placed in Tier 2. [4]

  7. Starbucks sued for allegedly using coffee from farms with ...

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    The lawsuit cites reporting about human rights and labor abuses on specific coffee and tea farms in Guatemala, Kenya and Brazil, and alleges that Starbucks has continued to purchase from these ...

  8. Kuwait forms new government headed by Ahmad Abdullah Al-Sabah

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    (Reuters) -Kuwait formed a new cabinet headed by Sheikh Ahmad Abdullah Al-Sabah, according to a royal decree issued Sunday. Emad al al-Atiqi, Anwar Ali al-Mudhaf and Abdullah Ali al-Yahya retained ...

  9. Migrant workers in the Gulf Cooperation Council region

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    The kafala system has been pointed out by human rights organization as one of the main sources of some of the human rights abuses reported in the GCC countries. [ 76 ] [ 84 ] [ 87 ] [ 88 ] [ 89 ] As this sponsorship system, often enshrined in labor laws, assigns the employer with the sole responsibility for the migrant worker, it also provides ...