photo of the demonstration released by the Interior Ministry
KUWAIT: The Interior Ministry criticized the use of the term ?arrest? to describe its action of apprehending the suspects during last Sunday?s demonstration, indicating that this term contained implications different from legal measures taken against troublemakers. ?The term ?arrest? is only used in the Penal Code in regulations pertaining to cases of call up in which the Interior Ministry can release orders to arrest citizens of hostile countries or states whose ties with Kuwait are severed,? the ministry said in a statement released by the Security Media Department yesterday.
Some of the photos of the demonstration released by the Interior Ministry
It further explained that the word ?arrest? indicates ?temporary deprivation of individual freedom and basic rights,? and that individuals can be arrested ?without the need for physical evidence.? Instead, the ministry urged media outlets and social networks users to use correct legal terms to describe the detention, which include ?subpoena, seizure, detention and remand.? The ministry argued that these terms better describe ?the legal procedures adopted by the Criminal Investigations General Department against the suspects.?
Meanwhile, the ministry reiterated in a separate statement that special task forces did not prevent gatherers from expressing their opinions or demonstrating peacefully at the Iradah Square on Sunday, arguing at the same time that certain gatherers deliberately disobeyed orders. ?The demonstrators were given the choice between peaceful demonstration at the Iradah Square or facing legal deterrence in case they staged unlicensed marches,? the statement read.
The ministry said that the protestors had ?predetermined intention to take the hard option through violating the law and attacking police, as part of their efforts to execute their evil plan to instigate [the public] to take part in different marches within the commercial area of Kuwait City.?
It further accused the protestors of ?obstructing traffic at the Arabian Gulf Road, creating riots and chaos as well as damaging private properties.? In the meantime, the ministry accused ?the troublemakers of posting fabricated information and misleading photos on social networks with the intention of creating public confusion.? Instead, the ministry released photographs showing demonstrators using social networks as well as children ?brought to obstruct police?s work.?
The ministry referred to minister Sheikh Ahmad Al-Hmoud Al- Sabah?s ?goodwill gesture of releasing the suspects,? but insisted that legal procedures will continue. It also criticized political figures ?who instigated young citizens and pushed them to the streets, but disappeared and left them to face an unknown fate.?
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