Torture in the UAE
March 13, 2015
Today, the issue of the continuing and methodological torture of prisoners of conscience in the UAE takes a new decisive turn. The Gulf Centre for Human Rights will today publish a detailed report not only outlining the documented torture processes carried out but also listing the names of those who are involved in the brutal torture processes. So, who are these senior security and political personalities that are embroiled in torturing the children of the UAE and are named in the report that will be released today (12 March, 2015) at the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) in Geneva?
The methodology of the report
The documents relied on by the report comprise a complaint against the Federal State Security in the United Arab Emirates accusing it of fabricating official documents and of failing to investigate crimes of torture and of denying detainees their legal rights according to UAE law.
Initially, the documents were verified. Then international human rights lawyer Jeremy Armstrong under the supervision of law professor David Akerson and research coordinator Clair Noon tabled the results deduced from the documents. Fourteen research associates from the School of Law at Denver University complied, analysed and edited all the attached documents that detail the incidences of abuse to which 57 detainees were subjected. This work provides the report with a high degree of credibility and authenticity in terms of content, conclusions and recommendations and in terms of exposing the senior officials who are proven to have been embroiled in torturing and abusing, in a variety of ways, the prisoners of conscience.
Content of the report
The report on torture and the mistreatment of inmates in UAE prisons includes details of testimonies and evidences collected from 57 prisoners, 50 of whom are still being held in prison. According to Khalid Ibrahim, programme director at the Gulf Centre for Human Rights: "The UAE should be called to account because of the human rights violations that are perpetrated against imprisoned human rights defenders and activists. This report tells, quite loudly, the stories of human rights defenders who are detained behind prison bars and tells the stories of the torture and oppression they are subjected to and the shackles imposed on them."
This new report, which was prepared by a team of lawyers, details the torture and mistreatment of 94 UAE prisoners inside the Emirates' prisons since they were detained and prosecuted in 2013.
in full:https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/articles/middle-east/17505-torture-in-the-uae
