Brave New World: Lawyer Challenging Middle East Nation Forcing All Citizens To Give In Their DNA
Eric Lieberman
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4:31 PM 09/23/2016
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Kuwait Kuwait's Deputy Prime Minister and Interior Minister Sheikh Mohammad al-Hamad al-Sabah (C) look at weapons that Kuwaiti authorities said were smuggled from Iran by suspected members of a militant cell in Kuwait August 13, 2015. Kuwait News Agency/Handout via REUTERS/RTX2F9YV ∧
A relatively new controversial law in Kuwait is forcing all citizens and foreign residents to turn in their DNA information and now a lawyer in the Middle East country is challenging its constitutionality.
The attorney, named Adel Abdulhadi, filed a brief with the Kuwaiti government in July with the hopes of overturning the legislation, according to Ars Technica.
The mandate was passed quickly after a July, 2015, terrorist attack in the country’s capital, Kuwait City, ended in 26 deaths. Kuwaiti authorities approved the measure, set to take effect in November, in order to identify potential terrorists and perhaps even the victims of terrorist attacks.
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http://dailycaller.com/2016/09/23/brave-new-world-lawyer-challenging-middle-east-nation-forcing-all-citizens-to-give-in-their-dna/#ixzz4LGTJdlDl
