S TAT E L E S S B Y D E C R E E The GoK likewise revoked citizenship of those where it appears the government sought to chill or otherwise restrict the exercise of freedom of expression. On 15 April 2025, a report stated that the GoK revoked the nationality of Islamic commentator, Nabil AlAwadi, journalist Mubarak alOmair, and possibly former national goalkeeper and Islamic commentator, Ahmad AlTarabulsi. 83 On 19 October 2025, the GoK stripped Islamic scholar and commentator, Mohammed al-Mail, of his citizenship. 84 Granted asylum in the UK in 2017 and repeatedly convicted in absentia, Mohamedal-Mail reportedly called it a “purely political act”, adding that "What is truly astonishing is that it took them this long to make their move, when I have been an outspoken critic in exile for a decade." On 7 December 2025, the GoK stripped “prominent Islamic author, speaker and businessman” Tareq (Tariq) al-Suwaidan of his citizenship. 85 This instance appears to have been one of the most significant revocations by the GoK: Tareq al-Suwaidan, the leader of the religiously-oriented political association, Muslim Brotherhood in Kuwait, undertook post secondary training in the United States. He is the chief operating officer and owner of a management training and consultancy firm, Gulf Innovation Group; the former general manager of Al Resalah TV, a platform for Islamic programming, from which he was reportedly dismissed in 2013 on account of links to the Muslim Brotherhood. He is also an author of over 50 books, usually with Islamic themes. On account of his “motivational and educational work”, advanced in part through educational institutions, including in the Gulf region, he has reportedly become “a figure of influence across media, education, and religious discourse”. 86 How do people find out that their citizenship has been revoked? Kuwaiti law requires that the names of those stripped of their citizenship be published in the Official Gazette (see image). Yet awareness of this requirement is relatively poor. Even if some Kuwaitis are aware of where the information is posted, it is done so in a paidsubscription based service. The process of citizenship revocation is opaque: the decisions appear to be taken by the Supreme Committee for the Investigation of Kuwaiti Nationality (the Supreme Committee). 87 However, reports cite both revocation by decree - such as by the Ministry of the Interior, as well as decisions taken by the Cabinet, or Council of Ministers. 35