UAE: Human Rights Watch Official Refused Entry

Email United Arab Emirates (UAE) authorities refused to allow Sarah Leah Whitson, Middle East and North Africa director, to enter the country on January 24, 2014, for a planned two-day visit to Dubai. The move followed the country’s forced cancellation on January 23 of a Human Rights Watch news conference to release its annual World Report 2014 in the UAE. Whitson has traveled to the UAE on numerous occasions. (Beirut) – United Arab Emirates (UAE) authorities refused to allow Sarah Leah Whitson, Middle East and North Africa director, to enter the country on January 24, 2014, for a planned…

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