Bidun
Bidun ( Arabic بِدون, DMG bidūn ; also Bidoun, Bidoon, Bedun ) are stateless people in the Arab world. The word comes from the Arabic bidūn dschinsiyya ( Arabic بدون جنسية 'Stateless'). Both the term and the appearance can be found mainly in Kuwait and the United Arab Emirates , as well as in Bahrain .
Although many Bidun are nomadic Bedouins , the two terms are clearly distinguishable.
The first Bedun were Arabs who were unable to register as citizens before 1920 due to illiteracy , homelessness, poverty and lack of access to government agencies. Kuwait’s unsecured borders also contributed to the statelessness of some immigrants. The Bedunstatus is inherited, they are neither allowed to do military service nor acquire property. In the United Arab Emirates , where they make up a quarter of the population, they are not allowed to obtain a driver's license, go to school, marry or take out health insurance.
Bidun protests also played a role during the Arab Spring .
Web links
- 1995 HRW Report
- 2000 HRW Report
- Photos from Refugees International
- Refugees International recommendations for bidun reforms
- Lafy Almutairy: Kuwaiti Bidoun. ( Memento of December 18, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Kuwaiti Bidoon Human Rights Organization (KBHRO)
- Bidoon in US Human Rights Report
- UNHCR on bidoon DNA testing
- Article in UAE's The National
- Comoros story from AFP ( Memento from January 3, 2013 in the web archive archive.today )
- An account from Hasan, a Kuwaiti bidoon
- Report by Refugees International
- Economist article
Individual evidence
- ^ Fuchs, Martina (February 19, 2011) "Kuwait police clash with hundreds of protesters" , Reuters
- ↑ March 8 Parliament session to discuss vital decisions. ( Memento from April 1, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Reuters, March 3, 2011
- ↑ Latheef Farook: Plight of Bahrain's bedoun family . Gulfnews.com, Jan. 3, 2002
- ↑ Hamad, Aziz A. (1991) A Victory turned sour: human rights in Kuwait since liberation Middle East Watch, Human Rights Watch, New York, page 51 , ISBN 1-56432-041-3
- ↑ Henckaerts, Jean-Marie (1995) Mass expulsion in modern international law and practice Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, Dordrecht, Netherlands, page 97 , ISBN 90-411-0072-5