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Human Rights Watch issued a report regarding the violation of the rights to freedom of expression in the United Arab Emirates. On 15 March 2017, Tayseer Najjar , a Jordanian journalist, was sentenced to a three-year prison term and a fine of 500,000 UAE Dirhams by Abu Dhabi Federal Appeals Court.
On 5 June, the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) announced to launch a statutory inquiry into racial inequalities, which have been exposed amidst a surge of COVID-19 cases in the UK. The human rights watchdog's investigation was to provide evidence-based information, compelled from government departments and organizations. [46]
“The UAE has dragged scores of its most dedicated human rights defenders and civil society members through a shamelessly unfair trial riddled with due process violations and torture allegations.”
Migrant workers at the Burj Dubai. In Qatar, the Human Rights Watch needed to step in after hundreds of South Asian workers died while working in construction. [19] When the Coronavirus started infecting, South Asian labourers were living in unhygienic conditions with no means. [20]
The government of Qatar took the United Arab Emirates to the United Nations' International Court of Justice (ICJ) on Monday, accusing it of human rights violations as a result of a boycott enacted ...
Chris Hemsworth and Elsa Pataky are facing backlash over an ad promoting tourism in Abu Dhabi, the capital of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), a country known for its limited human rights freedoms.
Human rights organizations have expressed concern about violation of human rights in Dubai. [2] Most notably, some of the 250,000 foreign laborers in the city allegedly live in conditions described by Human Rights Watch as "less than humane". [3] [4] [5] The mistreatment of foreign workers was a subject of the 2009 documentary, Slaves of Dubai. [6]
According to human rights organisations, there are systematic human rights violations, including the torture and forced disappearance of government critics. [124] The UAE ranks poorly in freedom indices measuring civil liberties and political rights.