Amnesty: UAE continues to arbitrarily restrict the rights to freedom of expression and association

Amnesty International issued Wednesday in its annual report documenting human rights violations in the United Arab Emirates (UAE).

According to the report, the UAE authorities continued to arbitrarily restrict the rights to freedom of expression and association, detaining and prosecuting government critics, opponents and foreign nationals under criminal defamation and anti-terrorism laws.

 Enforced disappearances, unfair trials and torture and other ill-treatment of detainees remained common, the report said. 

Scores of people sentenced after unfair trials in previous years remained in prison; they included prisoners of conscience. Women continued to be discriminated against in law and in practice. Migrant workers faced exploitation and abuse. The courts continued to impose death sentences; no executions were reported.

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https://www.amnesty.org/en/countries/middle-east-and-north-africa/united...