Human rights violations

UAE authorities take pride in projecting an image of modernity, often using extensive propaganda to gloss over their shortcomings after achieving significant advancements in urban development, services, and infrastructure. Abu Dhabi…
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Observers have noted a strong connection between the UAE’s backing of Sudan’s Rapid Support Forces militias and Abu Dhabi’s intentions to exploit the country’s vast agricultural and mineral wealth. Despite providing $70 million to UN…
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These days mark the fourth anniversary of the UAE-Israel normalization, a move that boosted Abu Dhabi's political standing in Washington and enhanced its image among supporters of the Israeli occupation, all at the cost of Palestinian…
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The UAE has long relied on revoking citizenship as its most discreet and preferred means of punishing and repressing political dissent, particularly against activists and dissidents. Human rights activist Jenan al-Marzooqi noted in an…
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Criticism against Emirati President Mohammed bin Zayed, often referred to as the "Devil of the Arabs," has intensified due to his alleged involvement in widespread corruption and destruction in Sudan, as well as his support for the…
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Human rights organizations have reported that UAE authorities have deliberately obstructed prisoners of conscience from contesting recent unjust verdicts by blocking the transfer of case files to their lawyers in the "UAE 84" trial.…
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A human rights group has connected the UAE's unethical foreign policy in Africa to schemes aimed at maintaining neo-colonialism and human rights abuses. Americans for Democracy and Human Rights assert that the UAE has become a…
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  Sudanese news outlets and officials reported the death of an Emirati officer who was fighting alongside the Rapid Support Forces militia, backed by Abu Dhabi, amid the ongoing conflict in Sudan. A leader in the civil administration in…
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  Human rights organizations assert that the UAE regime's plan to expand the powers of its security services, particularly the State Security Apparatus, strengthens the mechanisms of repression and tyranny, blatantly violating…
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Half a century since its establishment, the UAE State Security Service continues to significantly restrict freedoms in the nation. A severe campaign in 2012 saw prisoners of conscience detained without charges, many of whom remain…
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