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UAE: Concerns for Safety of 'UAE 94' Confirmed as International Observers Prevented from Attending Second Hearing
UAE - News | 13 March 2013
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UAE: Unfair trial concerns confirmed as observers denied access to court room
UAE - News | 04 March 2013
Abu Dhabi - Earlier today, a delegation of 20 international observers representing various international NGOs was denied access to the trial of 94 activists which was scheduled at 10:00 this morning at the Federal Supreme Court in Abu Dhabi. This further restriction seems to clearly demonstrate a will by the authorities to conceal the violation of some of the most basic guarantees to a fair trial in the first hearing of these 94 individuals. This weekend, delegates from Amnesty International and the Alkarama Foundation coming to observe the trial had already been refused entry to the country. UAE: Human rights observers blocked from entering country worsens fair trial concerns in the 'UAE94' case
UAE - News | 03 March 2013
Abu Dhabi - Ninety-four peaceful activists are due to be brought before the Federal Supreme Court in Abu Dhabi tomorrow morning, Monday 4 March 2013, on state security offences. Limited access to lawyers, withholding of evidence and details on the charges by the State Prosecution, no right to appeal the court's decision, detentions in undisclosed locations... Before the trial even began, flagrant flaws in the 'UAE94' case have been reported, recalling the irregularities which marred the case of the 'UAE5' in 2011. The refusal to allow Ms Noemie Crottaz, from the Alkarama Foundation and Mr Ahmed Nashmi Al Dhufeiri, Amnesty International lawyer, to enter the country in order to observe the trial aggravates our concerns about the fairness of this trial.
UAE : 25 year-old Jordanian tortured and imprisoned on false accusations in Abu Dhabi
UAE - News | 30 January 2013
Rami Al-Mrayat, a 25 year-old Jordanian citizen and former employee of the Gulf aircraft maintenance company, was arrested by the Emirati security services on 19 November 2011 at Abu Dhabi International Airport while he was about to return to his country. Tortured and held in secret detention for almost 5 months, he was transferred to Al-Wathba prison in Abu Dhabi on 4 April 2012. Four months later, the young man was sentenced to five years of imprisonment following a trial which was solely based on confessions extracted under torture.
UAE: Human rights groups call for an end to the crackdown on human rights defenders and political activists as UPR begins
UAE - News | 28 January 2013
Today, the human rights record of the United Arab Emirates will be reviewed by the UN Human Rights Council as the situation in the country continues to deteriorate. On this occasion, the undersigned organisations call on Human Rights Council member-states to urge the United Arab Emirates to put an end to the current crackdown against peaceful human rights defenders and political activists and to honour its commitments as a newly elected member of the Human Rights Council to "uphold[s] the highest standards in the promotion and protection of human rights" (UN General Assembly resolution 50/251 para. 9).