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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Cybersecurity in the UAE
During the 21st century, and particularly during the 2010s, the issue of cybersecurity has become [...]
May
GCC Countries and Migrant Workers: Background Facts
The presence of migrant workers in the member states of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), [...]
May
UAE: HIV treatment in prison negated to non-nationals
The United Arab Emirates tests prisoners for HIV but does not treat all of them: [...]
Nov
Upcoming Event: Solidarity Stand for Ahmed Mansoor
EN Ahmed Mansoor, a prominent Emirati human rights defender, is serving a ten-year prison sentence [...]
Oct
United Arab Emirates: Ahmed Mansoor Continues his Protest Against the Poor Conditions of his Detention
In early September, the well-known human rights activist Ahmed Mansoor, already a member of Gulf [...]
Oct
UAE: Police Find Truck with 18 People Being Trafficked Across the Border
On 10 September 2019, UAE security forces prevented eighteen migrants from being smuggled clandestinely in [...]
Sep
United Arab Emirates: Human rights defender Osama AlNajjar Released
Authorities in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) have freed activist and political prisoner Osama AlNajjar [...]
Aug
UAE: prominent activist Abdul Rahman Bin Sobeih Al-Suwaidi has been released after being forced to deny mistreatment in prison
On 16 June 2019, President of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) Sheikh Khalifa Bin Zayed [...]
Jun