Press conference invitation Kuwait/

Press conference invitation Kuwait/ 

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL 

PRESS CONFERENCE INVITATION 

Freedom of expression in Kuwait, report launch Wednesday 16 December 2015 in Kuwait

Amnesty International invites you to attend a press conference for the launch of a new report The ‘iron fist policy’: Criminalization of peaceful dissent in Kuwait which will take place on Wednesday 16 December 2015 at the Kuwait Society for Human Rights.  

The report details the arrest, prosecution and imprisonment of perceived critics including human rights defenders, activists, journalists and lawyers for their peaceful exercise of freedom of expression, and provides an analysis of laws that criminalize peaceful dissent. 

Details of the press conference: 

When:          Wednesday 16 December 2015 

Time:           11:30am local time Kuwait

Where:          Kuwait Society for Human Rights

Shouwaikh, North Block: 7 Street 71

Embargo: 11:30am local time Kuwait/ 8:30amGMT 

RSVP:           sara.hashash@amnesty.org

For more information, embargoed media materials or to arrange an interview please contact:  Sara Hashash, Middle East and North Africa Press Officer, +44 7831 640 170, email: sara.hashash@amnesty.org