The UAE continues to imprison prisoners of opinion after their sentence ends
The ruling regime in the Emirates is violating human rights, not having enough arresting hundreds against the background of opinion and expression, but continuing to detain dozens of them despite the end of their sentences.
The UAE continues to detain 11 prisoners of conscience despite the expiry of their sentence for periods ranging from 3 years to 3 months, on the pretext of the existence of a “terrorist threat” according to Article 40 of Law No. 7 of 2014 regarding terrorist crimes, and it allows to extend their detention indefinitely.
Human Rights Watch said in a report that it condemns the UAE’s policy towards the ending of their rulings, and considered that “depriving detainees of liberty for many years after the end of their rulings shows a blatant contempt for the rule of law.
The following is a list of the detainees who are still being held in arbitrary detention and who have served complete prison sentences:
Fahad Al-Hajri has ended his sentence since March 2, 2020
Mansour Al-Ahmadi has ended his sentence since October 13, 2019
Abdullah Al-Hajri has ended his sentence since July 16, 2019
Mahmoud Al Hosani has ended his sentence since July 16, 2019
Imran Al-Radwan Al-Harthy has ended his sentence since July 16, 2019
Faisal Al-Shehhi ended his sentence since April 22, 2017
Saeed Al-Buraimi ended his sentence since March 26, 2018
Khalifa Rabiaa has ended his rule since July 23, 2018
Abdullah Al-Helou ended his sentence since April 22, 2017
Ahmad Al-Mulla has ended his sentence since May 1, 2017
Abdel Wahed Hassan Badi has ended his sentence since March 26, 2018
In this delicate circumstance in which the world is facing the threat of the coronavirus pandemic and discussing ways to limit its spread, the Emirates Center for Human Rights affirms that it is worth the authorities in the Emirates to speed up the release of detainees whose sentences have expired and give them their right to freedom until the injustice ends to them and to protect them from the virus spread inside the prison.
Prisoners of conscience are held in Emirati prisons in poor conditions, with overcrowded cells and lack of hygiene and hygiene standards.
Detainees are also routinely denied access to medical care, which aggravates their chronic diseases and puts them in real danger if the virus spreads inside prisons. All conditions inside the prison indicate the possibility of a catastrophe with the absence of ventilation and sunlight in the cells, and detainees are often prevented from exercising for a sufficient period.
It is stated that, under international human rights law, everyone has the right to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health.
And states are obliged to ensure the realization of this right. In addition, states are obligated to ensure that detainees and prisoners are treated humanely while respecting their dignity and free from cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment.
The Nelson Mandela Rules require parity in health care which means that health care in prisons must meet the same criteria as health care outside, and this does not change while the epidemic is present.
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