[Excerpt: Al Busairi also said that group members who were interrogated were kept isolated in a special room away from those who were yet to be questioned. "The Kuwaiti constitution allows all of us the liberty to gather …. Diwaniyas where discussions take place are part of our traditions and legally speaking none of us believe we have done anything wrong or that we have broken the law."....On the distribution of publications charge, Al Busairi said, "We have nothing to hide. We have sent the same publications which is in actual fact our charter to the prime minister and the speaker of the National Assembly."...."We are trying to develop the democratic process in Kuwait," he said. "We want real elections, equal opportunities and social liberties …. We are looking for an evolution in the democratic process of the country," Al Busairi added.]
http://www.gulfnews.com/Articles/RegionNF.asp?ArticleID=150227 Published: 2/2/2005, 07:54 (UAE) Kuwaiti ministry grills new political party members By Nirmala Janssen, Correspondent Kuwait City: Ten of the 15 elected members of the recently launched Hizb Ul Ummah or Nation Party were summoned for questioning by the Interior Ministry and were held for eight hours and released without charge. "They may summon us again for questioning at a later date but we don't know when," a weary member of the political party, Awad Al Busairi, told the Gulf News from the police station in Jahra at 6pm. "We have been here since 10am and we have been questioned in groups," he said. "They have been very polite but we have been accused of gathering illegally without a licence and for distributing pamphlets and publications to the press and others gathered at the meeting," he added. Al Busairi also said that group members who were interrogated were kept isolated in a special room away from those who were yet to be questioned. "The Kuwaiti constitution allows all of us the liberty to gather …. Diwaniyas where discussions take place are part of our traditions and legally speaking none of us believe we have done anything wrong or that we have broken the law." On the distribution of publications charge, Al Busairi said, "We have nothing to hide. We have sent the same publications which is in actual fact our charter to the prime minister and the speaker of the National Assembly." "We are trying to develop the democratic process in Kuwait," he said. "We want real elections, equal opportunities and social liberties …. We are looking for an evolution in the democratic process of the country," Al Busairi added. He also said the party's aim at the press conference was "to declare our peaceful political charter". President of the party Dr. Mohammad Al Hadran, the Secretary-General Hakim Al Mutairi and the spokesman Dr. Hussain Al Saeedi were all separately interrogated, Al Busairi said. Al Mutairi said at Saturday's press conference that letters had been sent to the Prime Minister Shaikh Sabah Al Ahmad Al Sabah and the Speaker of the National Assembly Jasssem Al Khorafi to ask them to change the law to accommodate the establishment of political parties. However, the speaker said on Monday, "I did not receive any such communication and we are not the authority to licence the establishment of such a body." ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Take a look at donorschoose.org, an excellent charitable web site for anyone who cares about public education! http://us.click.yahoo.com/_OLuKD/8WnJAA/cUmLAA/TySplB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> -------------------------- Want to discuss this topic? Head on over to our discussion list, [EMAIL PROTECTED] -------------------------- Brooks Isoldi, editor [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.intellnet.org Post message: osint@yahoogroups.com Subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** FAIR USE NOTICE. This message contains copyrighted material whose use has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. OSINT, as a part of The Intelligence Network, is making it available without profit to OSINT YahooGroups members who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information in their efforts to advance the understanding of intelligence and law enforcement organizations, their activities, methods, techniques, human rights, civil liberties, social justice and other intelligence related issues, for non-profit research and educational purposes only. We believe that this constitutes a 'fair use' of the copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Law. If you wish to use this copyrighted material for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use,' you must obtain permission from the copyright owner. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
