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Articles - United Arab Emirates

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United Arab Emirates

Online activists known as "UAE 5" freed

The "UAE 5" online activists have finally been released and are recovering from a two week-long hunger strike after protesting the mass due process violations in their imprisonment and trial, report a coalition of seven IFEX members and human rights organisations.

United Arab Emirates

Trial of five activists a complete sham, says coalition of rights groups

As a verdict draws near for five activists charged with "publicly insulting" United Arab Emirates (U.A.E.) officials in an Internet forum, IFEX members and partners have joined forces to raise indignation about the unfair trial and once again call for the activists' release. The coalition of seven groups, including IFEX members the Arabic Network for Human Rights Information (ANHRI), Human Rights Watch and Index on Censorship, is also deeply concerned by reports of threats against the activists, their families and lawyers.

United Arab Emirates

Activists arrested for opposing government

Earlier this month, the United Arab Emirates followed in the footsteps of its neighbours and arrested at least five rights activists who have been demanding political reforms over the Internet. Egypt-based rights organisations, including IFEX members Arabic Network for Human Rights Information (ANHRI) and Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS), have banded together to demand the release of the activists, while Human Rights Watch is appealing to international organisations to pull out of UAE.

United Arab Emirates / Saudi Arabia

Regimes worldwide attempt to control information on BlackBerry devices

The decision by the United Arab Emirates to suspend BlackBerry services for email, instant messaging and browsing the web as of 11 October was only the beginning. Several countries, including Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Indonesia and India, are also considering similar bans and demanding access to BlackBerry's encryption technology in an effort to control the flow of information, report the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), Reporters Without Borders (RSF) and Freedom House. UAE authorities say BlackBerry phones are a threat to national security if they can't be monitored.

United Arab Emirates

E. A. U. SIGUEN CENSURANDO A LA PRENSA, ENCUENTRA HRINFO

United Arab Emirates

LES EAU CENSURENT TOUJOURS LA PRESSE, CONSTATE HRINFO

United Arab Emirates

U.A.E. STILL CENSORING PRESS, HRINFO FINDS

Despite the Prime Minister's declaration earlier this year that journalists should not be jailed for their work, authorities have managed to find other ways to silence the press in the United Arab Emirates (U.A.E.), says a new report by the Arabic Network for Human Rights Information (HRInfo).

United Arab Emirates

NO SE DEBE ENCARCELAR A LOS PERIODISTAS POR SU TRABAJO, DICE PRIMER MINISTRO

United Arab Emirates

LES JOURNALISTES NE DOIVENT PAS ÊTRE JETÉS EN PRISON À CAUSE DE LEUR TRAVAIL, DIT LE PREMIER MINISTRE

United Arab Emirates

JOURNALISTS SHOULD NOT BE JAILED FOR THEIR WORK, SAYS PRIME MINISTER

The Prime Minister of the United Arab Emirates (U.A.E.) has decreed that journalists should not be jailed for their work - two days after two Dubai-based journalists were sentenced to prison for libel, the Arabic Network for Human Rights Information (HRinfo) and the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) report.

United Arab Emirates

DES MILITANTS DES DROITS DE LA PERSONNE SONT HARCELÉS

United Arab Emirates

ACTIVISTAS DE DERECHOS HUMANOS ACOSADOS

United Arab Emirates

HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVISTS HARASSED

IFEX members have called attention to what appears to be a campaign by United Arab Emirates authorities to harass and silence human rights activists in the past few months