Emirati authorities continue their systematic and totalitarian repression
Prominent Sudanese activist Mohammed Farouk Suleiman was detained in January without charges – further intensifying a broader crackdown that dismisses fair trial appeals and targets dissenting voices.
Supreme Court upholds sentences of those convicted in UAE84 case, including GCHR’s Board member Ahmed Mansoor
GCHR denounces the ruling as a tactic to imprison critics indefinitely, calling for the immediate release of those arbitrarily detained and urgent reforms to ensure fair trial standards.
Rights groups demand immediate disclosure of journalist Abdulrahman Youssef Al-Qaradawi’s whereabouts and unconditional release
The journalist’s forced deportation to the UAE establishes a dangerous precedent for transnational repression.
Escalating crackdown on free speech in the Gulf
Gulf states silence critics with harsh prison sentences and deportations, using vague laws to crack down on online dissent.
Hosting of UN climate summits by authoritarian countries raises alarms over human rights
Rights groups urge the UN to ensure that future climate summits are held in countries that respect human rights and allow for peaceful assembly and free speech.
UAE84 trial is a mockery of justice
Rights groups call for the release of 84 human rights defendants after a trial marked by severe irregularities and unjust sentences.
UAE: Unjust sentences in second largest mass trial
Coalition denounces harsh sentences for 84 political dissidents, many already jailed for the same offenses.
Fifty years since establishment, UAE State Security Apparatus should end widespread abuses of Emiratis’ fundamental rights
The SSA’s broad powers under the counterterrorism law has enabled its civic space crackdown.
UAE: Persistent efforts to maintain critics behind bars: a new mass trial
Ahmed Mansoor, Nasser bin Ghaith, Khalaf al-Romaithi and other prominent dissidents already serving long prison sentences, now face new charges.
Rights groups demand UAE free Jordanian activist Al-Atoum after mother’s death
Activist Ahmed al-Atoum is serving a 10-year prison sentence in the UAE for Facebook posts.
Urgent appeal for justice: Condemning the unjust prosecution of dozens of Emiratis in the UAE
IFEX joins rights groups calling on the UAE to drop politically motivated charges.
UAE: 87 people on trial in new case that could lead to life imprisonment or the death penalty
Authorities unveil new charges on detained human rights activists, during global climate summit.
UAE: COP28 must not be derailed by greenwashing efforts
IFEX joins rights groups calling on governments to address the UAE’s human rights abuses ahead of global climate negotiations.
UAE: Release all those unjustly imprisoned before COP28
There are at least 58 people being held past the end of their sentences in the country.