Jordanian journalist held a year in UAE for Facebook posts

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GCC countries exploit intergovernmental organisations to enable transnational repression

An ADHRB report exposes how Gulf states use INTERPOL and the Arab Interior Ministers’ Council to target dissidents abroad and calls for reforms to protect free expression.

UAE: Dissidents, relatives designated “terrorists”

Authorities have designated as “terrorist” 11 dissidents and their relatives and 8 companies, reflecting the country’s indiscriminate use of overbroad counterterrorism laws and contempt for due process.

The rise of AI surveillance in the UAE: Implications for human rights

ADHRB warns that expansive facial‑recognition networks, spyware deployments, and draconian cybercrime laws threaten privacy, free expression and association, urging robust legal safeguards and independent oversight.