UN human rights expert urges UAE to release five activists
UN expert urges UAE to release five human rights defenders who have been imprisoned in harsh conditions for eight years for plotting to overthrow the government
11 June 2021 - 13:59
Dubai — A United Nations expert on Friday urged the United Arab Emirates government to immediately release five human rights defenders who have been imprisoned in harsh conditions for eight years.
Mohamed al-Mansoori, Hassan Mohammed Al-Hammad, Hadif Rashed Abdullah al-Owais, Ali Saeed Al-Kindi and Salim Hamdoon Al-Shahhi are part of the “UAE94", a group of 94 lawyers, human rights defenders and academics who were sentenced to 10 years in prison in July 2013 for plotting to overthrow the government...
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