United Arab Emirates
Seen in the press
Read our selection of press reports about this country. This is a short description of prison conditions on a national scale. It gives an account of the preceding year’s events.
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 Dhabi,…Source — Human Rights Watch
United Arab Emirates: judges show leniency amid growing liberalisation of UAE justice system
Judges are more often choosing fines over prison terms to punish minor crimes after new laws gave them more room to be flexible.Source — The National
