Osama al-Najjar still kept in UAE jail despite completing his sentence ten months ago

After spending three years in prison, the Emirati human rights defender and blogger Osama al-Najjar was due for release on 17 March 2017, however; the UAE authorities did not release him.

Osama al-Najjar was arrested on 17 March 2014 for campaigning on social media and expressing concern about his father’s torture and ill-treatment during the detention, the conditions in Al-Razaan prison and the unfair UAE94 trial.

The Emirati Center for Human Rights (ECHR) has launched a Twitter storm marking the 10-month extension of Osama’s arbitrary administrative detention.

Please take action for Osama al-Najjar and join the urgent action of the ECHR. Join the campaign on Twitter and write letters to the UAE authorities to ask for his release.

Read more about the action: http://echr.org.uk/news/ten-months-after-completing-his-sentence-uae-act...