Detention of UAE Activist, Ahmed Ghaith Al-Suwaidi, in Continous Counter-reform Crackdowns

Detention of UAE Activist, Ahmed Ghaith Al-Suwaidi, in Continous Counter-reform Crackdowns

Some informed resources told (WATAN) that the security authorities in the United Arab Emirates have arrested UAE activist Ahmed bin Ghaith Al Suwaidi in the Emirate of Abu Dhabi in a petrol station there, according to the resources. The arrest took about two hours and a half, due to the refusal of the activist Bin Ghaith to comply with the order of detention calling the security personnel for showing the prosecution warrant.

Statement by Dawat Al-Islah on the arrest of the Reformist Saleh al-Dhufairy

Statement by Dawat Al-Islah

on the arrest of the Reformist Saleh al-Dhufairy

As a continuation to the not-yet-stopped series of violations against reformists inside the UAE, Dubai Security Service (DSS) arrested the reformist Sheikh Saleh al-Dhufairy in the late evening on Monday, March 5, 2012. We, in Dawat Al-Islah, and backed by the freemen and activists in our homeland, condemn this arbitrary security detention against al-Dhufairy specially, as we condemn all actions taken by the security apparatus against the citizens of the UAE ranging from withdrawal of nationalities to other inhumane harassments.

What happened to Sheikh al-Dhufairy this time from the Dubai Security Service will not derail Dawat Al-Islah and its advocates from their adherence towards realization of human and social rights; no matter how great the sacrifices and pains are. We, in Dawat Al-Islah, emphasize on the necessity of the immediate release of Al-Dhufairy without any delay.

The Association of Sunni scholars

The Association of Sunni scholars received news on the withdrawal of the citizenship of a number of advocates of reform in the United Arab Emirates, as various rights groups did, with much sorrow and condemnation. The charges of the inflicted citizens are all about their affiliation to the UAE Society of Reform and Social Guidance, as well as some of them co-signed a petition raised to the head of state calling for reforms in the legislature of the state, so that to engineer democratic elections for the national Council, and to assume its role with full powers. Publicly, they have been accused that they represent a threat to the national security of the United Arab Emirates, as well as charged of association with "suspicious" organizations and personalities on the regional and international levels, and links to some suspicious organizations and associations included in the United Nations lists of combating the financing of terrorism; added to other indictment panels.

Nationalities of the UAE Citizens… Between Stripping and Dropping!

Nationalities of the UAE Citizens… Between Stripping and Dropping!
By Muhammad Saleh Al Mansouri

Exceeding the limits and definitions of shock, human rights arena in the UAE has witnessed what’s far from being a setback, represented in the violation of the basic rights of six UAE human rights, social, cultural, religious and administrative activists by dropping their Emirati citizenship.

This infringement on the right of these great men is unjustifiable and has no explanation on the legal, constitutional and juristic levels; as well as lacking support or satisfaction of any level in the national fabric ranging from the senior leading elite to the UAE citizens and freemen who expressed their intense anger and discontent.

This poorly-discussed and irresponsible action requires a serious and decisive attitude by all the citizens in the United Arab Emirates to put an end once and forever for these serious forms of violation of the basic rights of the citizen of the UAE, and put an ultimate end to the previous setbacks in human rights which will only lead to an increase in grievances and maximizing the number of the oppressed people.