Yearbook 2017
Kuwait. According to
Countryaah.com, Kuwait has not been a member of the Olympic
family for some years. The years 2010-12 and from 2015 the
country has been excluded, and for example, were not allowed
to participate in the Rio 2016 Summer Olympics. Olympic
Committee (IOC) that Kuwait reintroduces its national
Olympic committee and ends with political involvement in its
sports federations.
In January, seven people were executed by hanging; one of
them was a member of the royal family. The last executions
in the country took place in 2013.
In May, Kuwait's highest court upheld a ruling last year,
which was confirmed in January: three members of the royal
family and two more were sentenced to five years in prison
for offending the country's judges, including by posting
fake images on Twitter and Whatsapp how a senior judge
receives bribes. One of the convicted is Sheikh al-Fahad
al-Sabah, the nephew of the emir and former head of the
security service.
In July, Iran's ambassador and 14 other Iranian diplomats
were forced to leave Kuwait because of links to a spy and
terror cell.
In September, it was time for North Korea's ambassador to
leave the country. In addition, Kuwait decided that the
North Korean representation in the country should be
downgraded to a charg谷 d'affaires and three diplomats. The
decision appeared to coincide with emir Sabah al-Ahmad
al-Sabah's Washington visit earlier this month.
In November, Kuwait followed Saudi Arabia's example to
urge its citizens to leave Lebanon. This is since the
resignation of Lebanese Prime Minister Saad al-Hariri.
Assessors believe that the risk of civil war in Lebanon is
great.
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