UAE

Human Rights in UNITED ARAB EMIRATES

The Wire, June 2007. Vol. 37, No. 5
1 June 2007

1) 40 years of occupation 2) Systematic use of torture in Guinea 3) Access denied! Closing borders deprives refugees of their rights: Australia to 'swap' refugees ...

Newsletter       NWS 21/005/2007

The Death Penalty Worldwide - Developments in 2006 (With ...
1 May 2007

The world continued to move closer to the universal abolition of capital punishment during 2006. By the end of the year 88 countries had abolished the death penalty ...

Report       ACT 50/005/2007

United Arab Emirates: Incommunicado detention/fear of torture or ...
6 March 2007

Agricultural engineer 'Abdullah Sultan al-Subaihat was arrested on 8 February by Amn al-Dawla (State Security) officers, at the agricultural administration department ...

Urgent Action       MDE 25/001/2007

The Wire, October 2006. Vol. 36, No.9.
30 September 2006

1) Government maligns Colombian activists 2) Will China honour its Olympic promises? 3) 3 October Focus on Africa - World Habitat Day 4) Thousands made homeless ...

Newsletter       NWS 21/009/2006

Death Penalty News: September 2006
31 August 2006

1.) Philippines abolishes the death penalty; 2.) Child offender executed in Pakistan; 3.) Death penalty statistics; 4.) Stoning to death reported in Iran; 5.) Egypt ...

Newsletter       ACT 53/003/2006

United Arab Emirates: Harassment of human rights activists must ...
24 August 2006

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL. Public Statement. AI Index: MDE 25/007/2006 (Public). News Service No: 222. 25 August 2006. United Arab Emirates ...

Press Release       MDE 25/007/2006

UAE: Further information on death by stoning/ flogging
2 July 2006

A United Arab Emirates (UAE) Appeal Court has commuted the sentence of death by stoning handed down by a Shari'a (Islamic) court against Shahin 'Abdul Rahman, believed ...

Urgent Action       MDE 25/006/2006

UAE: Death by stoning/ flogging
12 June 2006

A foreign national in the Emirate of Fujairah has been sentenced to death by stoning by a Shari'a (Islamic) court. Shahin 'Abdul Rahman, whose nationality is not ...

Urgent Action       MDE 25/005/2006

UAE: Further information on Forcible return / Fear of torture and ...
1 May 2006

Riad 'Abdullah Laila is reportedly no longer in danger of forcible return to Syria from the United Arab Emirates (UAE). If returned, he would have been at risk ...

Urgent Action       MDE 25/004/2006