Over two dozen prisoners of conscience, including well-known human rights defender Ahmed Mansoor, continued to be detained in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). The state continued to restrict freedom of expression, taking measures to silence citizens and residents who expressed critical opinions on...

United Arab Emirates limits freedom of expression and effectively denies the right to protest and criticize the government

Marking a decade since the United Arab Emirates (UAE) authorities sentenced 60 members of Emirati civil society to lengthy prison terms in a mass trial, Heba Morayef, Amnesty International’s Regional Director for the Middle East and North Africa, said: “Although we are halfway through the year in...

States participating in a climate meeting starting on 5 June in Bonn, which will help set the agenda for the COP28 in Dubai later this year, should urge the United Arab Emirates to improve its dismal human rights record to ensure a successful conference, Amnesty International said today.

The Emirati authorities must ensure that Turkish-Emirati citizen Khalaf al-Rumaithi, who was forcibly deported to the UAE from Jordan, is protected from torture and other ill-treatment and that any retrial he may face is in accordance with international fair trial standards, said Amnesty...

Reacting to record profits and plans to help expand fossil fuel production presented today by ADNOC Drilling, part of the United Arab Emirates state oil company whose chief executive is due to chair the COP28 climate conference in Dubai this year, Amnesty International’s Programme Director for...

Reacting to the appointment of Sultan al-Jaber, the chief executive of ADNOC, the UAE’s national oil company, as president-designate of the COP28 climate conference to be held in Dubai later this year, Chiara Liguori, Amnesty International’s Climate Advisor, said: “Sultan al-Jaber’s appointment...

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) must not forcibly return Egyptian-American political dissident and video blogger Sherif Osman to Egypt where he would be at real risk of torture and other human rights violations including arbitrary detention, enforced disappearance and unfair trial, Amnesty...

Reacting to the outcome of COP27, Chiara Liguori, Amnesty International’s Climate Justice Adviser said: “This was a tale of two COPs: joy at the adoption of a Loss and Damage fund but anguish that, despite overwhelming scientific evidence and escalating human rights impacts, the negotiations failed...

Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries hosting of series of major sporting events should not be allowed to overshadow their record of ongoing human rights violations, Amnesty International said today ahead of the FIFA World Cup in Qatar and the Abu Dhabi Formula One Grand Prix in the United Arab...

Authorities in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) must immediately release a group of dissidents languishing behind bars despite having completed their prison sentences, Amnesty International said today. The UAE authorities are using a vaguely worded “counterterror” law, which enables them to...

Police in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) carried out a sweeping campaign arbitrarily detaining and deporting at least 375 African migrant workers who were seized from their homes in terrifying night-time raids, taken to prison where they were subjected to degrading treatment and other multiple...

The UAE must end its arbitrary detention of 60 individuals – including activists, lawyers, students and teachers – convicted on trumped-up charges following an unfair mass trial known as the “UAE-94” case, Amnesty International said today, marking the eight-year anniversary since the trial’s...