Continued campaign of harassment and intimidation against prominent human rights lawyer Abdulhamid Al-Kumaiti
New reports received by the Gulf Centre or Human Rights (GCHR) confirmed that State Security Apparatus continues its campaign of harassment and intimidation against
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Internet activist Abdullah Al-Hadidi released after 10 months in jail
On 1 November 2013, Internet activist Abdullah Al-Hadidi was released after serving his 10 months prison sentence. Some reports received by the Gulf Centre Centre for
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Health of UAE94 hunger strikers deteriorates and Cyber Law used to target human rights defenders
The Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) expresses serious concern at the situation of 18 of the UAE 94 who are on hunger strike as their health is rapidly deteriorating.
Read ReportUAE- Criminalizing Dissent UAE 94 Trial Deeply Flawed / Judicial Observation Report August 2013
Download Contents I. INTRODUCTION.. 2 II. THE DEFENDANTS.. 3 III. THE CHARGES.. 3 IV. ARRESTS AND PRE-TRIAL DETENTION.. 4 V. THE HEARINGS.. 4 VI.
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UAE 94 trial violates the basic rights to fair trial and due process
In the final hearing of a group of people collectively known as the "UAE 94", the Federal Supreme Court of Abu Dhabi sentenced 56 people, including prominent human
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Ongoing targeting of human rights defenders, activists, and their families
Human rights defenders and their families continue to be targeted by authorities in the UAE as many remain in detention, while others sentenced in abstentia facing
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Unfair Trial, Unjust Sentences / 68 defendants sentenced to multi-year sentences, including two prominent human rights lawyers
The convictions of 69 defendants in the United Arab Emirates’ (UAE) mass trial of 94 government critics on July 2, 2013, were based on a fundamentally unfair
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UAE DENIES INTERNATIONAL LEGAL OBSERVER ACCESS TO VERDICT IN SHOW TRIAL OF UAE94
FIDH (the International Federation for Human Rights), the Gulf Center for Human Rights (GCHR), the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS) and the Arabic
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Two human rights defenders sentenced under new Cyber Crime Law as delivery of verdict in the case of UAE94 approaches
The crackdown against human rights defenders in the UAE is continuing as two human rights defenders were sentenced under the new Cyber Crime Law. On 22 May 2013 the
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