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Legal issues

Prisoners of conscience
  • More than 75 prisoners of conscience in UAE prisons
  • Dozens of detainees are being held despite the end of their sentences
  • Most of the detainees have been held for more than 10 years
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Secret Prisons
  • There are dozens of secret prisons in the UAE
  • These prisons are run by the State Security Service
  • Prisoners in these prisons are subjected to the worst forms of torture
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Arbitrary Laws
  • The most radical set of laws in the Middle East
  • Arresting a person without a charge or a warrant
  • The authorities can detain an individual indefinitely
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Everything you need to know about
The UAE's 2023 UPR

Prisoners of Conscience in UAE

The UAE continues to arbitrarily detain 75 prisoners of conscience, 48 of the are well past completion of their sentences.

Muhammad Al-Roken
Nasser Bin Ghaith
Ahmed Mansour
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SANID campaign

A human rights campaign launched by a group of rights groups and activists working on human rights advocacy in the UAE.

Release prisoners of conscience
  • Immediately release all prisoners of conscience
  • Allow them to communicate with their families
  • Put an end to arbitrary detention
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Abolition of illegal detention centres
  • Abolition of secret prisons
  • Abolition of counselling centres
  • Investigate torture cases
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Must end harassment of prisoners’ families
  • End travel ban
  • The right to education
  • Repatriation of nationalities
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Campaign organisers