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UAE : Release on bail of 6 members of the “Khor Fakan Group” arrested in dawn raids in October 2008
UAE - News | 28 October 2009
Alkarama for Human Rights is pleased to announce the release on bail of the following individuals for whom Alkarama had submitted a communication to the Working Group on Arbitrary Detention (see our original communiqué of 15 July 2009):
Emirates: Two Uyghers detained in al-Wathba prison
UAE - News | 01 October 2009
Nearly 16 months ago, in June 2008, Abdelsalim Salim, 35, and Akbar Omar, 33, two Uyghers, were arrested with their wives by State Security forces in Dubai. They have been held in solitary confinement since their arrest and are currently detained in al-Wathba prison, Abu Dhabi's central prison.
UAE: Naji Hamdan sentence set for 14 October
UAE - News | 17 September 2009
Alkarama has received news regarding the trial of Naji Hamdan that a sentence is to be given on 14 October 2009.
UAE: Naji Hamdan trial unexpectedly closed; Hamdan confirms to Alkarama that he was tortured
UAE - News | 24 July 2009
On 20 July 2009, the second and substantive hearing in the trial of Naji Hamdan, a US-Lebanese citizen whose case Alkarama has submitted to the UN Human Rights Special Procedures, was to be held at the Federal Supreme Court of Abu Dhabi.
UAE: Arbitrary detention and torture in the "fight against terrorism"
UAE - News | 15 July 2009
On 1 October 2008, members of the police and the State Security (Amn Al Dawla) brutally raided the homes of several people, arresting numerous men who are currently being held arbitrarily.