UAE: Government critics languish in prison a year after mass show trial

Headline Title:  UAE: Government critics languish in prison a year after mass show trial 02 July 2014 Nine peaceful government critics are believed to be suffering ill-treatment in an Abu Dhabi prison a year after a grossly unfair trial led to their incarceration, Amnesty International said as it called for their immediate and unconditional release. “The only reason these nine individuals are behind bars is because they dared to call for peaceful democratic reform, which seems off-limits in the UAE. They are prisoners of conscience and they must be released immediately and unconditionally,”…

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