Amnesty International
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mass trial of 41 men began on 24 August in Abu Dhabi, United Arab
Emirates (UAE). At least 21 had been held in secret detention facilities
without access to their families or lawyers for 20 months before trial.
They may have been tortured or otherwise ill-treated.
A group of 41 men,
39 of whom are UAE nationals, are facing trial before the State
Security Chamber of the Federal Supreme Court in Abu Dhabi. At least 21
of them, many of whom are related to each other, were arrested between
20 November and 7 December 2013 by the UAE’s State Security body and
taken into secret detention facilities. None of the 21 men had any
access to the outside world, including their families or lawyers, for 20
months after their arrest. Individuals subjected to enforced
disappearance in the UAE are sometimes tortured or otherwise
ill-treated. In July 2015, some of the men were transferred to al-Razeen
Prison and al-Wathba Prison in Abu Dhabi.
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