United Arab Emirates - Stateless blogger facing deportation after being tricked by immigration authorities

Reporters without borders

Read in Arabic (بالعربية) Reporters Without Borders condemns the possibly imminent deportation of Ahmed Abdul Khaleq, a blogger and member of a group of five pro-democracy activists known as the “UAE 5,” following his arrest on 22 May after being summoned to the immigration department in the northeastern emirate of Ajman in connection with his statelessness. Khaleq is currently being held in Abu Dhabi's Al-Wathba prison, but is due to be transferred to Al-Sadr prison (which is notorious for its (...)

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