People & Institutions
Sabah al-Kinani
صباح الكناني
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Legal status as of 4 October 2026
Pardoned or amnestied
Released or cleared under a pardon or amnesty.
What the documents say
Caught in the act by National Security on 28 October 2021, on a Karkh court warrant, extorting $30,000 from a director-general at the Ministry of Industry and Minerals (Integrity Commission and National Security statements). Released in May 2025; 964 attributed the release to the general amnesty. Whether he was tried before the release is not known.
- Kind
- Person
- Roles
- Head of the Reform and Change Foundation (a civil-society organisation); candidate in the October 2021 parliamentary election
Cases
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| Case | Role | Status in this case | Detail | As of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sabah al-Kinani, civil-society head and parliamentary candidate: caught taking $30,000 from a director-general (2021) | Head of the Reform and Change Foundation (a civil-society organisation); candidate in the October 2021 parliamentary election | Pardoned or amnestied | Caught in the act by National Security on 28 October 2021, on a Karkh court warrant, extorting $30,000 from a director-general at the Ministry of Industry and Minerals (Integrity Commission and National Security statements). Released in May 2025; 964 attributed the release to the general amnesty. Whether he was tried before the release is not known. | 30 September 2026 |
Dated events
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- 28 October 2021ArrestedCaught in the act extorting $30,000 from a director-general
- 21 May 2025Pardoned or amnestiedReleased, reportedly under the general amnesty
Documents
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- Shafaq News (Integrity Commission and National Security statements)30 October 2021Official statement reported by the mediaTier B
النزاهة الاتحادية تكشف تفاصيل ضبط (صباح الكناني) متلبساً بالرشوة
Originalعملية إلقاء القبض على صباح الكناني تمت بالجرم المشهود، لابتزازه مدير عام في وزارة الصناعة والمعادن، بمبلغ (30) الف دولار
- 96421 May 2025Press reportTier C
فيديو: الإفراج عن صباح الكناني المتهم بالابتزاز والرشوة
Originalأفرجت السلطات القضائية، عن رئيس مؤسسة الإصلاح والتغيير، صباح الكناني، الذي اعتقل عام 2021