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UAE: Reports of systematic torture in jails

UAE: Reports of systematic torture in jails June 27, 2013 Amnesty United Arab Emirates state security officers have subjected detainees to systematic mistreatment, including torture, say hand-written letters from detainees smuggled out of jails, Alkarama, Amnesty International and Human Rights … Continue reading

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UAE: EU Condemns Emirates Rights Climate

European Parliament Approves Resolution Despite Intense Lobbying by Abu Dhabi October 29, 2012 (Brussels)– The European Parliament on October 26, 2012, adopted a resolution on the deteriorating human rights situation in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). For the first time … Continue reading

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United Arab Emirates and Britain: best of friends

Foreign Office ministers continue to give UAE a cover of respectability the authoritarian regime does not deserve Editorial The Guardian, Friday 19 October 2012 Human rights are so essential to Britain’s foreign policy objectives that they are part of our … Continue reading

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