UAE: Political Detainees Languish Behind Bars

November 12, 2019 Video UAE: Political Detainees Languish Behind Bars World Tolerance Summit in Dubai Cannot Whitewash Abuses   (Beirut) – The United Arab Emirates is hosting its second World Tolerance Summit as several activists are serving lengthy prison sentences following unfair trials, Human Rights Watch said today. The two-day conference on November 13 and 14, 2019 in Dubai under the patronage of Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, the UAE prime minister and the Dubai ruler, is part of UAE efforts to present itself as the “global capital of tolerance.” UAE authorities have carried…

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