United Arab Emirates: Human rights defender Osama AlNajjar Released

Authorities in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) have freed activist and political prisoner Osama AlNajjar after detaining him for more than five years over tweets defending his father, himself also imprisoned for human rights activism. He was released on August 8 alongside two other prisoners of conscience, Badr AlBahri and Othman Ibrahim AlShehhi. Osama AlNajjar’s … Continue reading United Arab Emirates: Human rights defender Osama AlNajjar Released