Urgent Action: Eight Lebanese men facing an unfair trial

Eight Lebanese men were arbitrarily detained in the United Arab Emirates between December 2017 and February 2018. Some of them were forced to sign “confessions” that they were not allowed to read. They were all held without charge at an undisclosed location until their trial began on 13 February 2019. The eight men remain held in solitary confinement without access to their lawyers. Their charges include forming a terrorist cell and planning terrorist attacks in the UAE on orders of Hezbollah in Lebanon. Their next trial session is set for 3 April 2019. 

Take action.

PLEASE SEND APPEALS BEFORE 8 MAY 2019

Please write urgently in your own words or using the template letter included in English or Arabic to:

Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan

Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi

Crown Prince Court

King Abdullah Bin Abdulaziz Al Saud Street,

P.O. Box 124

Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

Fax: +971 2 668 6622

@MohamedBinZayed

Salutation: Your Highness

And copies to:

Vice-President and Prime Minister

HH Sheikh Mohammed Bin 

Rashid al-Maktoum

Prime Minister’s Office

PO Box 212000 

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Fax: +971 4 330 4044

Email via web: https://uaecabinet.ae/en/contact-the-prime-minister 

Twitter: @HHShkMohd

Also send copies to diplomatic representatives accredited to your country.

HIS EXCELLENCY MR SULAIMAN HAMID ALMAZROUI, Embassy of the United Arab Emirates, 1-2 Grosvenor Cres, Belgravia London SW1X 7EE, 020 7581 1281, email www.uae-embassy.ae/uk

Please check with your section before sending appeals after the above date.

Please note that the best way to reach the target is via Twitter as we have major difficulty in getting valid postal addresses for Arab Gulf states. Social media guidance is provided in the full UA.