United Arab Emirates
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) invests in a strategy to paint the country as progressive, tolerant, and rights-respecting while carrying out repression against dissent. Many activists and dissidents remain detained for exercising their rights to free expression and association. Prisons hold detainees in dismal conditions, including overcrowding and lack of adequate medical care. The UAE deploys advanced surveillance technologies to monitor public spaces, internet activity, and individuals’ phones and computers. The government blocks international human rights organizations and UN experts from independently conducting in-country research. The Saudi and UAE-led coalition continue their military campaign against the Houthi armed group in Yemen which has included unlawful airstrikes that have killed and wounded thousands of civilians.
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Environment and Human Rights
October 30, 2023
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Environment and Human Rights
November 10, 2023
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Environment and Human Rights
January 11, 2024
Videos
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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 15, 2023
UAE: Arbitrarily Detained Afghans Stuck in Limbo
Deprived of Freedom with Little Prospect of a New Life
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June 5, 2022
UAE: Sweeping Legal 'Reforms' Deepen Repression
Abusive Provisions Remain; New Measures Increase Rights Restrictions
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December 18, 2023
Gulf States Treat Migrant Workforce as Disposable
Use International Migrants Day to End Mistreatment of Essential Workers
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December 14, 2023
COP28: Fossil Fuel Commitment Lacks Urgency
Governments Should Take Urgent Climate Action, Protect Rights
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December 14, 2023
UAE: Prominent Critics Face New Charges
Calls to Respect Rights During COP 28 Unheeded
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December 7, 2023
Phasing Out Fossil Fuels at COP28
Governments Should Stand up for Human Rights to Ensure Ambitious Outcome
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December 6, 2023
UAE’s COP28 Promises on Climate, Health Ignored at Home
Country’s Migrant Workers Face Climate-Related Harms to Their Well-Being
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December 4, 2023
UAE: Fossil Fuels Poison Air
COP28 Host Should Address Air Pollution, Rights Abuses
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December 3, 2023
COP28: Migrant Rights Essential to Climate Action
Governments Should Confront COP28 Host UAE on Abuses
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December 3, 2023
Questions and Answers: Migrant Worker Abuses in the UAE and COP28