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Jan 4 2019 3:40pm
Urgent Action update: Verdict for human rights defender
On 31 December 2018 the State Security Chamber of the Federal Supreme ...
Dec 31 2018 12:19pm
UAE: 10-year prison sentence upheld for prominent human rights defender Ahmed Mansoor
Responding to today’s decision by the Federal Supreme Court in the Uni...
Dec 21 2018 4:01pm
Urgent Action update: Hunger-striking academic in critical condition
Dr Nasser bin Ghaith’s health has severely deteriorated. The prominent...
Dec 20 2018 1:00pm
UAE: jailed economist's health failing after prolonged hunger strike
Prominent academic Dr Nasser bin Ghaith was jailed for ten years f...
Nov 23 2018 4:54pm
UAE: call on Grand Prix drivers and fans to tweet support for jailed student Matthew Hedges
Abu Dhabi F1 race this weekend will see Emirati authorities attempting...
Nov 21 2018 5:44pm
UAE: life sentence for PhD student is 'terrible news'
British national Matthew Hedges convicted of ‘spying’ in relation to h...
Nov 12 2018 6:03pm
Yemen: patients and staff flee as Hodeidah's main hospital comes under attack
Eyewitness describes terrifying scenes as explosions rock hospital in ...
Nov 8 2018 1:14pm
Yemen: Huthi fighters take over roof of Hodeidah hospital as fighting intensifies
Hundreds of civilians killed in recent fighting, including in coalitio...
Oct 30 2018 2:52pm
UAE: Matthew Hedges' bail release welcomed, but fair trial fears remain
‘Matthew wouldn’t be the first person to be arrested in the UAE on bas...
Oct 23 2018 2:45pm
Urgent Action: Uighur man in UAE faces forcible return to China
Abudujilili Supi, a Uighur man who has been working as a muezzin – a l...