April 22, 2025
UAE: Dissidents, Relatives Designated ‘Terrorists’
Individuals, Companies Targeted in Sweeping Reprisal
United Arab Emirates
In 2024, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) unjustly convicted and sentenced at least 44 defendants in the second largest unfair mass trial, many of whom had already been serving prison sentences as part of the UAE94 mass trial. The UAE has promoted a public image of tolerance and openness through hosting events like COP28 while restricting scrutiny of its rampant systemic human rights violations and fossil fuel expansion. Migrant workers in the UAE face widespread abuses and exposure to dangerous heat-related health risks.
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Environment and Human Rights
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April 29, 2024
UAE: Unfair Trial of Rights Defenders
Authorities Should End Prolonged Solitary Confinement, Drop Charges
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July 18, 2023
Middle East and North Africa: End Curbs on Women’s Mobility
Male Guardianship Rules Hamper Travel, Other Movement
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March 7, 2025
UAE: Ahmed Mansoor’s 15-Year Sentence Upheld
Prominent Emirati Human Rights Defender Serving Multiple Sentences
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March 4, 2025
UAE: Unfair Mass Trial Convictions Upheld
Appeals Rejected in Death Knell for Emirati Civil Society
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February 6, 2025
Urgent Appeal to End the Enforced Disappearance of Poet Abdulrahman Yusuf al-Qaradawi and Calling for His Release
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January 8, 2025
Lebanon: Serious Risk of Abuse for Poet Deported to UAE
Deportation a Blatant Violation of International, Domestic Law
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November 19, 2024
The NBA Risks ‘Sportswashing’ UAE Violations
Emirates NBA Cup Part of Reputation Laundering Strategy
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October 11, 2024
EU: Human Rights Should Be Priority at GCC Summit
Tie Partnership Agreements to Rights Reforms, Progress
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October 3, 2024
UAE: NBA Games Risk “Sportswashing” Abuses
Effort to Distract Attention from Rights Violations at Home and Abroad
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August 8, 2024
Gulf States: Inadequate Heat Protection Putting Workers in Peril
Migrant Workers Fainting, Vomiting in Summer Heat
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