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May 9th, 2005 • Posted in: What They're Saying

– Waleed al-Tabtabae, head of the Kuwaiti Parliament’s human rights committee, explaining his opposition to a measure that would have allowed women to vote in city council elections for the first time. The measure was killed last week by conservative lawmakers, dealing another blow to political rights for Kuwait’s female population, reported the New York Times. (“Lawmakers Block Women From Voting in Kuwait,” New York Times, May 4)

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