Jul 09 (IPS) – Joey Shea is the UAE researcher at Human Rights Watch.At least 84 Emirati human rights defenders and political dissidents are on trial in the UAE, facing death sentences or life in prison on spurious charges related to their political activism and human rights work, in a case that has its origins in another from over a decade ago. A verdict is expected July 10.
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Jul 09 (IPS) – Joey Shea is the UAE researcher at Human Rights Watch.At least 84 Emirati human rights defenders and political dissidents are on trial in the UAE, facing death sentences or life in prison on spurious charges related to their political activism and human rights work, in a case that has its origins in another from over a decade ago. A verdict is expected July 10.Read the full story, “The UAEs Forgotten Mass Trial”, on globalissues.org →