Kuwait has stripped five well-known opposition figures of their citizenship, including the owner of a newspaper and television station.
The official Kuwait News Agency announced the decision by Kuwait’s Cabinet on Monday, which approved a draft decree to revoke the citizenship of the five.
Among those named in the decision is former Islamist opposition lawmaker Abdullah Al Barghash and three other members of his family.
The government also revoked the nationality of Ahmad Al Shemmeri, owner of the independent Al Youm television station and Alam Al Yawm newspaper. His newspaper was ordered temporarily shut down twice this year by a court for defying a prosecutor-ordered media blackout about an investigation into a coup plot.
The state news agency account did not give a reason for the Cabinet’s decision.
