United Arab Emirates
United Arab Emirates authorities continue to invest in a “soft power” strategy aimed at painting the country as a progressive, tolerant, and rights-respecting nation. Many activists and dissidents, some of whom have completed their sentences, remain detained simply for exercising their rights to free expression and association. Prisons across the UAE hold detainees in dismal and unhygienic conditions, where overcrowding and lack of adequate medical care are widespread. The UAE continues to block representatives of international human rights organizations and UN experts from conducting in-country research and visiting prisons and detention facilities.
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UAE: Arbitrary Targeting of Pakistani Shia Residents
Enforced Disappearances, Incommunicado Detention, Groundless Deportation
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The Persecution of Ahmed Mansoor
How the United Arab Emirates Silenced its Most Famous Human Rights Activist
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News
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UAE: State Security Retaliates Against Ahmed Mansoor
Allies Should Call for Rights Defender’s Immediate Release
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France Should Stop Selling Arms to the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia
Macron Should Address Rights Abuses in Gulf Region
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Civil Society Groups Seek Urgent UN Action on Yemen
More Than 85 Groups Urge General Assembly to Establish New Investigative Mechanism
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UAE: Dissidents Labeled ‘Terrorists’
Move Casts Doubt on the UAE’s Role as a Global Counterterrorism Partner
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Expo 2020 Dubai: How Would an Honest Yemen Pavilion Look?
As the UAE whitewashes its abuses in the country, Yemeni victims face an uphill battle for justice
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UN: Noncompetitive Rights Council Election Aids Abusers
Withhold Votes for Serious Rights Violators Cameroon, Eritrea, UAE
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