Page 15 baseball Page 14 THE FIRST ENGLISH LANGUAGE DAILY IN FREE KUWAIT Established in 1977 / www.arabtimesonline.com ice hockey MONDAY, APRIL 5, 2021 / SHABAAN 23, 1442 AH emergency number 112 NO. 17655 16 PAGES 150 FILS Hotline ... legal consultation for private sector workers Leadership urges humanitarian initiatives KUWAIT CITY, April 4: Khaled Al-Hamidi, Chairman of the Kuwait Society for Legal support will also be provided to workers whose cases have been transferred Human Rights, announced that the Kuwait Society for Human Rights has signed a to labor courts and who cannot bear the burdens and costs of attorneys-at-law. partnership agreement with the U.S.-Middle East Partnership Initiative (MEPI) to Hussein Al-Otaibi, Secretary General of the Society, said that the Kuwait So- cooperate in educating migrant workers in Kuwait of their rights guaranteed by law. ciety for Human Rights aspires, through the agreement, to continue its civil ac- Al-Hamidi said: The agreement resulted in educating workers about their tivities in bearing its responsibility in order to create a culture and legal aware- rights by providing legal consultation service to workers in the private sector ness among migrant workers in Kuwait by providing them with legal advice and those who are subject to the Kuwaiti Labor Law No. (6) of 2010, or work- and direct support for their cases in courts. ers in the domestic sector who are subject to the Domestic Workers Law No. Al-Otaibi pointed out that the agreement was signed in implementation of the (68) of 2015. Workers in the two sectors can call the hotline 22215150 or enter directives of the high leadership urging Kuwaitis to lead humanitarian service the electronic platform and obtain any legal advice directly in five different initiatives that give the State of Kuwait its status and consideration, as a global languages: English, Arabic, Filipino, Hindi and Urdu. humanitarian center. According to Al-Hamidi, during the period of the 16-month agreement, psy- The project is being implemented as a third phase of the “Together” project chological and social support will be provided to those wishing to obtain it. on educating migrant workers about their rights in Kuwait, which was imple- The Society has appointed a psychosocial expert to provide psychological and mented for the first time in cooperation with the Dutch embassy in Kuwait, social counseling. Periodic reports will be issued related to monitoring labor while it was implemented for the second time in cooperation with the Swiss market variables in Kuwait. Agency for Development and Cooperation. Opinion From Hammurabi to Iranian King Abdullah backed occupation ... Iraq, history of blood, promising opportunity over security incident Arrests made By Ahmed Al-Jarallah of the most heinous invasions and crimes Editor-in-Chief, the Arab Times against humanity in modern history. Saddam’s crime took Iraq into the IRAQ, since the Hammurabi rule corridors of the international sanctions KUWAIT CITY, April 4, about 22 centuries ago, rarely enjoyed and hunger, and increased Baathist re- (KUNA): The Kuwaiti Foreign stability. It was either enduring fights pression. After the fall of his regime in Ministry on Saturday expressed among its states and emirates, or fall- 2003, hundreds of mass graves of op- the country’s standing side by ing prey to foreign invasions. It seems ponents and dissidents were revealed. side with the Hashemite King- that Iraq witnessed relative stability It revived the social rift and the trend dom of Jordan. only three times throughout its history of playing on partisan and sectarian Kuwait supports Jordan in all meas- of over 2,200 years. contradictions that led to Iran’s loyal- ures and decisions taken by King The first time was when the Babylo- ists taking control of Iraq after the in- Abdullah Bin Al-Hussein and Crown nian king, Hammurabi, united his con- vasion of the US. Prince Al-Hussein Bin Abdullah to flicting states, worked to repel foreign Iraq is ruled by Iranian puppets who maintain security and stability of the invasions, and codified the laws of sought to take revenge on the rest of the religious and sectarian components Kingdom, the ministry said in a state- Sumeria and Mesopotamia, the most ment. important legislation that is still a ref- in order to establish hegemony based Stability and security of Jordan are an erence point to this day. on the well-known rule of “divide and integrated part of Kuwait’s security and The second time was during the conquer”. stability, the statement noted. reign of the fifth Umayyad King Ab- After 18 years of Iranian control, The US, meanwhile, said Saturday it is dul-Malik bin Marwan, who ruled Iraq does not look better than it did “closely” following recent reports in Jor- the country with iron and fire through in the past. Rather, it is closer to be- dan and that King Abdullah Bin Al-Husse- his governor Al-Hajjaj bin Yusuf Al- ing a failed state, mired in creedal and in has “our full support.” Thaqafi, the author of the famous say- sectarian divisions. The systematic “We are closely following the reports ing - “O people of Iraq ... O people of looting of public wealth by Tehran’s and in touch with Jordanian officials,” agents has reached about $300 billion In this Dec 10, 2020 photo, released by the Royal Hashemite Court, Jordan’s King Abdullah II gives State Department Spokesperson Ned Price discord and hypocrisy…” a speech during the inauguration of the 19th Parliament’s non-ordinary session, in Amman, Jordan. said in a statement. The third time was during the reign with the aim of supporting its econo- my, while the Iraqis are starving. Jordan’s army chief of staff says the half-brother of King Abdullah II was asked to ‘stop some move- “King Abdullah is a key partner of the of the fifth Abbasid King Haroun ments and activities that are being used to target Jordan’s security and stability.’ The army chief of United States, and he has our full support,” Al-Rashid, but it did not last for Indeed, Iraq needs a just dicta- staff denied reports, April 3, 2021, that Prince Hamzah was arrested. He said an investigation is still he affirmed. long, as the Mongols invaded and tor who can work on dismantling the ongoing and its results will be made public ‘in a transparent and clear form.’ ( AP) The General Secretariat of the Council conquered it during the reign of Al- system of corruption and criminality of Arab Interior Ministers affirmed its full Musta’simBillah, the 37th and last that Iran has established, as with its stand and support for all measures taken by king of the Abbasid Caliphate. gangs in Lebanon and Yemen, to work the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan in order After that, the country was plunged on rescuing Mesopotamia from the to preserve its security and stability in the into wars, intrigues and coups, even clutches of the Persian beast, and to ‘Double-dip’ bill extends private country. when the modern state was declared in restore its Arab identity. In a statement, the secretariat said, Sunday, That is why the Gulf people par- that it is monitoring with great concern the 1921. King Faisal I tried to rescue it current events, expressing its confidence in out of the tunnel of fighting and chaos, ticularly the Iraqis have pinned their hopes on Prime Minister Mustafa sector rights to public Kuwaitis the wisdom of the wise Jordanian leadership and he succeeded but only for a while and the efficiency of its security apparatus in despite some rebellions. Al-Kazemi, who has taken important By Saeed Mahmoud Saleh steps since taking office for reform ei- maintaining the security of the Kingdom and That state ended with the “July Arab Times Staff facing any attempts to undermine it. Revolution” in 1958 when a group of ther internally or in his Gulf and Arab The Secretariat highly praised Jordan relations. KUWAIT CITY, April 4: MPs Hassan Jawhar, Hamad Newswatch role in supporting and strengthening the royal soldiers toppled the monarchy, For this reason, observers view his and committed one of the most hei- Rouhaldeen, Mehalhal Al-Mudaf, Muhannad Al-Sayer joint Arab security work system, wishing recent visit to the Kingdom of Saudi and Abdullah Al-Mudaf submitted a bill on amending for continued security and stability under nous massacres after dragging people Arabia as a correction of the compass on the streets. Civil Service Law No. 15/1979 in a bid to allow Ku- KUWAIT CITY: His Highness the Amir the leadership of King Abdullah II and the that has been facing the wrong direc- waitis working in the public sector to engage in private Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Crown Prince. Following that, coups - either peace- tion for the past two decades. ful or bloody - occured on a regu- business and work in the private sector, in addition to Al-Sabah sent a cable to Egyptian Presi- Measures Perhaps this is the last promising their current job. dent Abdulfattah Al-Sisi Sunday to lar basis. This culminated in what is opportunity for a country between the congratulate him on relocation of royal The Cairo-based Arab League also ex- known as the Ba’ath Party Purge of According to the bill, these employees must inform pressed full solidarity with all measures two rivers. If the Iraqis lose it, this their current employers if they want to work in the pri- mummies from the Egyptian Museum in 1979, when Saddam Hussein ordered means that they have no salvation. Ei- Tahrir Square to the National Museum of taken by the Jordanian leadership to pre- the execution of dozens of officials of vate sector; in addition to their present job.