Kuwait's Historic Court Ruling Overturning Criminal Trans Identity Law | Queer News Tonight
Channel: Queer News Tonight
Date: 2022-02-22

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Kuwait's law known as Article 198 persecuted trans people for the “imitation of the opposite sex”. However, Kuwait’s constitutional court declared the punishment of those whose appearance did not match their presumed gender was “inconsistent with the constitution’s keenness to ensure and preserve personal freedom”. Lynn Maalouf, Amnesty International’s the Middle East and North Africa Deputy Director issued a statement in response to the news of the bill saying, “The Kuwaiti Constitutional Court’s decision to overturn Article 198 of the Penal Code is a welcome development and a major breakthrough for transgender rights in the region. Article 198 was deeply discriminatory, overly vague, and never should have been accepted into law in the first place."

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