'Stateless Overnight': Kuwait Strips Tens Of Thousands Of Citizenship

Above all, the women who had acquired the document by marriage. In the viewfinder common workers, entrepreneurs and celebrities including actors and singers. The concern of activists and pro-human rights groups. In March Sheikh Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah swore to 'clean Kuwait from impurities' and bring the nation back to the 'original people'.

Nationality is a right, not a favour, say women challenging Kuwait’s citizenship crackdown

DUBAI, May 26 — Leaving her weekly workout class, Lama was shocked to discover she was no longer a Kuwaiti — one of tens of thousands of people, mostly women, suddenly stripped of citizenship. After her credit card payment for the class in Kuwait City was declined, she learnt her bank account was temporarily frozen because her nationality, acquired through marriage, had been revoked. “It was a shock,” said the grandmother in her 50s, originally …

’They targeted mothers’: Kuwait strips thousands of citizenship

Leaving her weekly workout class, Lama was shocked to discover she was no longer a Kuwaiti -- one of tens of thousands of people, mostly women, suddenly stripped of citizenship. After her credit card payment for the class in Kuwait City was declined, she learnt her bank account was temporarily frozen because her nationality, acquired through marriage, had been revoked. "It was a shock," said the grandmother in her 50s, originally from Jordan, wh…

'Stateless Overnight': Kuwait Strips Tens Of Thousands Of Citizenship

Leaving her weekly workout class, Lama was shocked to discover she was no longer a Kuwaiti -- one of tens of thousands of people, mostly women, suddenly stripped of citizenship.

Hundreds of Hungarian citizenships have been withdrawn: how and who can strip you from citizenship?

Hungarian citizenship is among the most valuable in the world since it entitles you to get a passport, allowing visa-free travel to 187 countries on the globe. Furthermore, having a Hungarian citizenship means you also acquired an EU citizenship and free access to the Schengen zone. This is why many Hungarians (or non-Hungarians) try to get it from Ukraine and Serbia and move to Germany, Austria and other Western European countries. But how can …

‘STATELESS OVERNIGHT’: KUWAIT STRIPS TENS OF THOUSANDS OF CITIZENSHIP

Mon 26 May 2025: In a shocking move, Kuwait has stripped more than 37,000 individuals, mainly women—some of whom have been on Kuwaiti soil for over 20 years—of the citizenship they had gained through marriage. This move is part of the “reformist” initiative led by Emir Sheikh Meshal al-Ahmad Al-Sabah, and its objective is to […]