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UAE: Abdul Rahman Al-Junahi released after being held incommunicado
UAE - News | 11 June 2009
Abdul Rahman Abdul Karim Al-Junahi was released on 11 June 2009, without having been subject to any legal procedure. He was arbitrarily detained for 19 months in Saudi Arabia and then moved to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) on 24 November 2008 where he was imprisoned incommunicado.
United Arab Emirates: Al-Diqqi released, 10 year prison sentence reduced
UAE - News | 18 May 2009
Hassan Al-Diqqi, an outspoken political reformist in his country through various unofficial associations for over twenty years, was arrested on 20 July 2008. On the 4 March 2009, he was sentenced to 10 years in prison. However, he appealed the decision, which led to his sentence being reduced to 6 months' imprisonment. He was released on the 11 May 2009.
United Arab Emirates: Abdullah Al-Alili released after more than two years in prison
UAE - News | 11 May 2009
On 15 February 2007, Abdullah Al-Alili was arbitrarily arrested, detained incommunicado and later sentenced, in an unfair trial, to three years imprisonment on 1 October 2007. On 8 May 2009, after two years and three months, he was released. On 28 May 2008 the Working Group on Arbitrary Detention submitted an opinion labeling the character of his detention as an arbitrary deprivation of liberty.
United Arab Emirates: Al-Junahi remains subject to secret detention
UAE - News | 27 April 2009
Khalil Abdul Rahman Al-Junahi, who was arbitrarily detained for 19 months in Saudi Arabia and then transferred to the United Arab Emirates on 24 November 2008, has now been in solitary confinement for over 150 days.
United Arab Emirates: Letter to Secretary of State Clinton regarding the Naji Hamdan case
UAE - News | 14 April 2009
Al-Karama and other Human Rights organizations have sent a letter to American Secretary of State Hillary Clinton regarding the current detention of Naji Hamdan in the UAE. The case is of great concern to the international human rights community.