Rights council visits detained bedoons

KUWAIT: A delegation of the National Diwan for Human Rights has visited the central prison inspecting conditions of detained bedoons (stateless residents). Yousef Al-Sagr, a board member, said in a statement yesterday that the delegation met the detainees for four hours on Thursday. They examined their conditions, inquired about their interrogations and listened to their remarks. They met the detainees individually, he said, indicating that reports would be filed to competent state authorities, calling for a permanent solution to this issue. The government has affirmed necessity of cooperation between the executive and legislative authorities to find a “fundamental and decisive” solution to the problem of illegal residents.