United Arab Emirates
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UAE: "stripped naked", Yemeni recounts torture in prison
It’s been more than six years since Ali Hassan Ali Bakhtiyan was released from a secret prison run by the United Arab Emirates in eastern Yemen’s Hadramout Governorate, but he cannot forget the horrors he underwent during his more than two years in detention.
United Arab Emirates: 25 Indians awarded death sentence
Twenty-five Indian nationals have been awarded the death sentence in the United Arab Emirates, the Union government told Parliament. However, the judgements were yet to be implemented. In all, 49 Indians have been sentenced to death in eight different countries, the government said.
Dubai: temor por la seguridad de Sheikha Latifa tras los mensajes que revelan su situación de “rehén”
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United Arab Emirates : reported Covid-19 prison outbreaks
(Beirut) – UAE prison authorities should take urgent measures to protect the mental and physical health of prisoners amid reported Covid-19 outbreaks in at least three detention facilities across the country, Human Rights Watch said today. Family members of prisoners in al-Wathba prison near Abu Dh…