Category Archives: United Arab Emirates
Saudi Arabia Reports
Indonesia’s Plan to Lift Labor Migration Ban to Saudi Arabia Raises Alarms Over Workers’ Rights
In March 2025, the Indonesian government announced plans to revoke their decade-long moratorium on sending [...]
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Saudi Arabia Reports
Reprisal Against Family Members: The Case of Sulaiman al-Dowaish’s Sons
In April 2016, preacher Sulaiman al-Dowaish was arrested and tortured by the Saudi authorities after [...]
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Saudi Arabia Reports
Transnational Repression and the Unanswered Case of Jamal Khashoggi
he assassination of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi in October 2018 remains a clear example of [...]
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Saudi Arabia Reports
Pakistani Worker Muhammad Arshad Dies During 2034 World Cup Stadium Construction in Saudi Arabia
A Fatal Incident at Aramco Stadium On March 12, 2025, Muhammad Arshad, a Pakistani foreman [...]
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United Arab Emirates Reports
Art Censorship in the UAE
Art is a fundamental element of human expression. From the prehistoric cave paintings of Lascaux [...]
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Red Flag for Formula One
By ECDHR staff Formula One (F1) has consistently been hesitant to comment on human rights [...]
Mar
The GCC sportswashing: F1 Grand Prix continues despite human rights violations
Photo credit: The Independent 14th March, 2022 F1 Grand Prix history with the GCC [...]
Mar
MEPs sign letter expressing concerns over UAE candidate for INTERPOL head
19 November 2021 – A group of 45 MEPs signed a joint letter to High [...]
Nov
How is the UAE using Dubai Expo to whitewash human rights violations
Whitewashing is an infamous practice used by governments to exploit media attention and distract the [...]
Oct
Season 2: ECDHR in Conversation
22 October 2021 – ECDHR is excited to bring a second season of the “ECDHR [...]
Oct
ECDHR welcomes the European Parliament Resolution on the UAE
16 September – The European Parliament has voted overwhelmingly in a plenary session today to [...]
Sep
Failure of the United Arab Emirates to comply with anti-torture policies
To mark the International Day in Support of Victims of Torture, ECDHR takes a look [...]
Jun
Secret prisons and strategic diplomacy: How the UAE masks its human rights abuses in Yemen
Disclaimer: This text was written prior to President Biden’s announcement to halt all offensive military [...]
Feb
Appointment of UAE Ministry of Interior Official to the Presidency of INTERPOL
19 international human rights organizations sent a letter to the Secretary-General of Interpol, during which [...]
Oct
The United Arab Emirates: Human Rights Violations in the Yemen Conflict
What started as a civil war in Yemen, the Arab world’s poorest country, quickly escalated [...]
Oct