tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28047097814163951512024-03-22T01:12:46.361-07:00UAE SEVENuae7http://www.blogger.com/profile/06778139056840849858noreply@blogger.comBlogger22125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2804709781416395151.post-60058228462893165692012-04-21T00:29:00.003-07:002012-04-21T00:29:49.916-07:00Urgent: UAE: Arrest of Sheikh Dr. Sultan Al Qasimi, the Chairman of Islah<div dir="rtl" style="text-align: right;" trbidi="on">
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<b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;"></span></b>Today, Friday 20<sup>th</sup> of
April 2012, the United Arab Emirates Security Authorities arrested Sheikh Dr.
Sultan Bin Kayed Al Qasimi, in Ras Al Khahima, without an arrest warrant. </div>
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Dr. Sultan is the cousin of the
Rular of Ras Al Khaimah and the Chairman of the Islah Association in UAE. He is
considered as one of the highest figures that the security authorities in the
countries arrest. It's believed that his arrest is due to his position as the
Chariman of the Islah association, which many of its members were detained
lately in UAE after revoking the citizenship of some of them.</div>
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This is the second in row this
week, after the disappearance of Dr. Ahmed Al Zaabie who was detained, until
last Tuesday, in Al Rahba detention center in Abu Dhabi. The Police Center, who
refused to release him on bail based on "high orders" since last Sunday,
the 15<sup>th</sup> of April, despite the court order of the release, told his
family members that he has been released on self bail, they however, do not know
where his is now. Sources believe that he has been handed over to the State
Security Apparatus based on their request. Dr. Al
Zaabie was arrested on the 26<sup>th</sup> of March with another individual out
of the seven UAE individuals whom citizenships were revoked lately.</div>
</div>uae7http://www.blogger.com/profile/06778139056840849858noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2804709781416395151.post-21365025778444531402012-04-12T08:43:00.003-07:002012-04-12T08:43:43.917-07:00Lawyer of the Seven Detainees: Stripping of Nationalities Unconstitutional<div dir="rtl" style="text-align: right;" trbidi="on">
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lawyer for the six Islamist activists, the UAE authorities stripped
their citizenships last year for demanding political reform, said that
the Emirates arrested on Monday.</span></div>
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The United Arab Emirates, a major oil exporter, avoided popular
uprisings that toppled the heads of four Arab countries since last year,
partly due to its system of social welfare, thuogh did not appear
little tolerance to opposition at home.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Prison
sentences issued against activists demanding the expansion of powers of
an elected council. Meanwhile, The UAE canceled in December the
nationality of six citizens describing them a threat to UAE national
security.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">The
daughter of one of the six men among those arrested, Mohammed Abdul
Razzaq al-Siddiq, said authorities jailed her father on Monday after
refusing to sign a request for a new nationality within two weeks.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Alaa
al-Siddiq told Reuters: "My father called us and said he refused to
sign the request... so he was arrested along with the five others."</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Mohammed
Al-Rakeen, a lawyer for the six arrested people, confirmed that they
were taken to jail. Al-Rakeen described the stripping of UAE nationality
as "unconstitutional."</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">He added that the Emirati Ahmed Al Suwaidi, a seventh activist stripped of his citizenship last year, was detained weeks ago.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Emirates official said he is checking the report.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">The
case represented a precedent in the United Arab Emirates, where
questions about human rights and political reform were raised statewide.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Al-Siddiq
told Reuters last week that he believed he was stripped of his
citizenship due to his signature on a petition sent to the leaders of
the United Arab Emirates require granting the Federal National Council, a
consultative body, more effective powers.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">He
also said he believed the men were targeted because of their political
Islamist affilations. The six men, who were stripped of their
nationalities last December, are members of the Association of reform.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">The
UAE authorities fears that the rise of the Muslim Brotherhood to power
in Egypt after the toppling of former President Hosni Mubarak may
increase the audacity of Islamist groups there.</span></div>
</div>uae7http://www.blogger.com/profile/06778139056840849858noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2804709781416395151.post-24238815865362860832012-04-12T08:42:00.001-07:002012-04-12T08:42:53.834-07:00Detention of UAE Citizens whose nationalities withdrawn later<div dir="rtl" style="text-align: right;" trbidi="on">
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UAE nationals, exposed to the security decree that cancelled their
nationalities, have been called to the headquarters of the Department of
Immigration and Citizenship. There, they were asked to sign a paper
requires them to search for another nationality because of the security
allegation that their presence in the country is illegal and all will be
arrested.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">The
six citizens rejected to sign this pledge because no formal decision
issued regarding the cancellation of their nationalities.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Thereafter, officials in the department decided to arrest the six men and put them in the prison of Al-Shahama.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">To read more about those citizens:</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 19px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><br class="kix-line-break" /></span><a href="http://sevenuae.blogspot.com/"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: blue; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 19px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline;">http://sevenuae.blogspot.com/</span></a></div>
</div>uae7http://www.blogger.com/profile/06778139056840849858noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2804709781416395151.post-18339880859871667152012-04-02T04:29:00.003-07:002012-04-02T04:29:54.194-07:00UAE Youth and the State Security Service – analytical view<div dir="rtl" style="text-align: right;" trbidi="on">
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has been the field of unprecedented movement by UAE youth who face
violations of the State Security Service in the UAE. We have with this
movement some comments as follows:</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">First,
the mediator in the Gulf issues finds that the youth of the UAE, in
particular, were able to expose the practices and violations of Security
service of UAE- which take the methods of the Security services in
Egypt and Tunisia. The talk about freedom, rights, justice, dignity and
being free from the security grip are the goals of the UAE youth that
shows that dignity is not just services to be provided to the citizens
but it is deeper than this, as it is represented in the rights of
citizenship.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Second,
the UAE youth were able to turn the conflict with the Security Service
from darkness to the light and from the closed doors to open space. The
security apparatus couldn’t resist it because they work only in the dark
and can’t face the people in public. Also they do not understand the
peaceful struggle and their minds are still linked to insults,
defamation, detention and threats. Thus they shut up, but some of them
tried to defend by scorning and insulting using false accounts and
images. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Third,
the public opinion found out the fact of tyranny and abuses practiced
by the security in the shadows in all sectors of the society and it has
even reached the level of interference in the non-delivery of
electricity to the homes of some, and thus the security service has
become in too difficult position to defend because it is a secret and
gelatinous apparatus that is unable to appear in public. What is
solution to that very strong wave of the UAE youth against these
violations????</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Fourth,
the organized attack used by the Emirati security to cover its
practices and the use of a tool that can absorb the blows against it and
they have done the following:</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">1)
The use of Dahi Khalfan in the confrontation for the following reasons:
he is a police and an official personal, who is distinguished as a
dialectical and reckless man. He always threats and warns, and this is
in line with the Emeriti Security mind to turn people and young from
security to Dahi and Dubai Police. This is precisely what has happened
when Dahi threatened using Twitter in February that he is preparing
lists to punish them. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">2)
They make the public opinion busy by invoking the issue of Al-Qaradawi
and Dahi Khalfan and make use of the Emirati emotions that are linked to
their country and their rulers claiming that Al Qaradawi is attacking
the UAE and its rulers, but in fact his statements were some advices.
When I spoke to some Emirati people, I found that they agreed on the
content of what the sheikh said but they were angry because he spoke in
Aljazeera channel, as the security succeeded in arousing the public
opinion. In fact it is an emperor success because it is emotional.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">3)
The use of the Dubai Police to enter the center of Emirates Security
and youth. They also used it to be a shield in order to stand against
the youth strikes. The Dubai police, which is a local authority, began
to violate the role of the Ministry of Interior to arrest the activist
Saleh El Zufiri who was exposing the practices of security and
threatened to set up lists of corrupted names and bring them to justice.
The important question remains: where is the role of the Federal
Ministry of Interior and Sheikh Saif bin Zayed on the subject. Why Dahi,
who represents Dubai, not Sheikh Saif bin Zayed, who represents the
United Arab Emirates???? The arrest happened in Ras Al Khaimah. Why is
not it done by Ras Al Khaimah Police, which follows the Ministry of
Interior???</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">4)
To terrorize, the security apparatus started to use the Egyptian style
bullying in physical abuse against activists in order to threaten and
intimidate the others. It was clear when they attacked the activist
Jumah El Falasi. It is a gulf precedent that didn’t happen before in the
Arab Gulf countries.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">5)
Use of media in the process of distortion and accusation of UAE youth
as traitors and who are supported by foreign countries and they are from
the Muslim brotherhood. They used Noor Dubai channel to attack the
youth and to draw the attention away from the security so that the youth
are involved in side conflicts with the media.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">6)
Focus on sedition and breach of security and that these young people
seek behind certain interests so that the people stand against them and
by giving some people in the media the ability to play that role even if
the people of the UAE know that they are right and the security began
to violate the rights and freedom of people.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Fifth:
Dubai, the well known Emirate of its economy and creativeness and which
took the big part of the program of Ahmed Al Sheqeri Khawater, has now
become a tool in the security service through the exploitation of the
Dubai Police and some of the characters that work in the office of
Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid. This confirms the fact that Dubai has lost
its power after the financial crisis and it is not strong enough to
stand in front of the security authoritarianism which harms the
reputation of Dubai and threatens its economy and its reputation that
started to fade away because they need money from Abu Dhabi!!!</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Sixth:
I followed and pondered in two months the movement of the UAE youth in
order to judge myself of what I see in reality and in social networks
through my repeated visits to the UAE. I found out that young people,
who want to stop the violations and the dominance of Security service
over the affairs of civilian life, always stress that they respect their
rulers and differentiate between them and the actions of the security
apparatus. Those young are known and use true images and account and
they belong to big families rather than the level their thoughts against
insults and verbal abuse used by the security apparatus.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">All
in all, as a gulf citizen, I see that the youth of UAE assert that
their campaign based on the dignity, justice and the state of law away
from honorees and initiatives offered by their government. The youth
movement is a different model says that the UAE is an advanced and
developed country, but they are demanding these developments to be
extended to include the political life and freedom...</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">December 29, 2011</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Introduction:</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">A
widespread debate has been stated extensively regarding the validity of
the decision to withdraw or drop the nationality of the UAE seven
citizens. The ongoing dispute is not on the legal materials contained in
the Nationality Law and UAE passports. But it is concentrating on the
interpretation of these materials and their applicability to the current
cases as well as lack of awareness of many of the non-professionals of
the importance of required procedures for the implementation of any law,
and that the lack of application of these procedures gradually with
proper and ways dates, and provided by the law itself, makes it
imperative to occur in the category of invalidity, and makes it subject
to be appealed. Thus the decision becomes as it was released due to
wrong procedures.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Nationality</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">:</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">The
base is that the nationality is a legal status stick to the citizen who
gets it by the provisions of law and constitution. All the authorities
of the state should keep and protect that right the same as the
territory of its land.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">In
the light of this basic right, it shouldn’t be an assessment by any
authority or person to designate someone as “an Emirati citizen” or to
deprive him of this right according to the rule of law.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">On
top of Constitutional laws of the United Arab Emirates, which sets the
basic provisions of the nationality issue of which can not be overcome
in any way. This could be shown in Article (8) of the Constitution:</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">“The
citizens of the Union shall have a single nationality which shall be
prescribed by law. When abroad, they shall enjoy the protection of the
Union Government in accordance with accepted international principals.
No citizen of the Union may be deprived of his nationality nor may his
nationality be withdrawn save in exceptional circumstances which shall
be defined by Law. "</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">To differentiate between de jure citizenship and nationality by naturalization:</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">A citizen by virtue of the law:</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">1 - Arab endemic in the UAE since 1925 and before.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">2 - Born for a father citizen.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">3 - Born for a mother citizen by virtue of the law and did not prove lineage to his father.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">4 - Born for a mother citizen by virtue of law and the father is unknown or has no nationality.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">5 - Born in the country to unknown parents.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">May be granted nationality (citizenship by naturalization) to the following categories:</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">1
– An Arab person from Oman, Qatar or Bahrain if the stays in the
country continuously for three years and under certain conditions.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">2 - Members of Arab tribes from neighboring countries who have resided continuously 3 years and under certain conditions.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">3 - Any Arab country person who has resided for seven years and under certain conditions.</span></div>
<div dir="ltr" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;">
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">4 - Any person living in the UAE since 1940, or before and under certain conditions.</span></div>
<div dir="ltr" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;">
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">5 - To anyone who lived 30 years in the state, including 20 years under the Citizenship Act and under certain conditions.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">6 – To anyone provided services to the country without being restricted to terms set forth in the preceding articles</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">(See in this the Nationality Law and passport number (17) for the year 1972)</span></div>
<div dir="ltr" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;">
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">To differentiate between the withdrawal of nationality and dropping the nationality:</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">First
of all we talk about the provisions of the law of nationality and
passports, law No. (17) and of the year 1972, this law shows the causes
of dropping or withdrawal of nationality.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">In the deprivation of citizenship:</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Article (15) of the UAE Nationality Act:</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">“The nationality of the State is deprived in the following cases:</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">A
- If he is engaged in military service to a foreign country without
permission from the state and he is ordered to leave the service and but
he refused to do so.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">B - If he works for the benefit of an enemy state.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">C - If he selected to be a national of foreign country. "</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">The
text shows that dropping the nationality is an issue that is used as a
punishment against the citizen as a result of acts that would harm the
security of the country that the legislature decides how serious towards
the nation.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">In the withdrawal of nationality:</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Article (16) of the UAE Nationality Act:</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Withdraw the citizenship of naturalized citizens in the following cases:</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">1 - If he jeopardizes the security and the integrity of the state or proceeded to do so.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">2 - If he is sentenced disgraceful repeated offenses.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">3 - If he was granted the citizenship using fraud data.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">4
- If he stays outside the State on an ongoing basis and without
justification for more than four years and it may consequently be
withdrawn from his wife and minor children.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">These
articles determine that the withdrawal of nationality is a punishment
against the citizen as a result of harming land or the place where he is
endemic and the naturalization of nationality is supposed to respect
the laws and regulations.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Legal form of the decision to withdraw nationality:</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Article
20 of the Nationality Act reads, “The nationality is granted by the
decree upon the proposal of the Minister of Interior and the consent of
the Council of Ministers and is dropped following the same procedures."</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">The
law set a specific way to grant, drop or withdraw the citizenship. It
requires certain procedures to do this. It requires at first that the
Minister of Interior presents a proposal includes a conviction of the
citizen to withdrawn or drop his nationality, and this is not obtained,
of course, but only after the availability of fair trial that ends with a
final and unquestionable judgment which clearly states the explicit
condemnation of the charges contained in the terms of the withdrawal or
dropping of nationality. After that we must get the approval of the
Cabinet and then subsequently attached to the President for decision.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">The
decision must be ratified by the President of the Union. This decree
does not apply unless it has been published within two weeks from the
date signed and issued by him.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Article (114) of the Constitution:</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">“No
decree may be issued unless the Council of Ministers has confirmed it
and the resident of the Union or the Supreme Council, according to their
powers, has ratified it. Decrees shall be published in the Official
Gazette after signature by the President of the Union."</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline;">Suspicion of sovereign decision:</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">The
UAE constitutional and normal legislator tends not to state getting
certain acts out of state courts and the judiciary, as acts of rounds of
legislative authority, which are unique and shouldn’t be commented on
be anyone.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">The
legal system of the United Arab Emirates does not contain any
constitutional or legislative provisions which state the acts of the
sovereign, not in the Constitution of the Federal State, and not in the
law of the federal judiciary.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">And
on the assumption that there was an application on acts of sovereignty
on the ground, it would be better to list these acts in a specific way.
Due to the absence of such thing in the Constitution and the UAE law,
the courts of the State do not comply with the description by which
legislator designates these acts. They have the right to adapt the
correct legal adjustment to such acts.</span></div>
<div dir="ltr" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;">
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Building
on this the judiciary should check the executive and legislative
authorities' commitment to the decrees, resolutions and regulations of
the provisions of the Constitution. Moreover, the judiciary should
target to force these authorities to respect the individual rights and
freedom guaranteed by the Constitution. Consequently, it is unacceptable
to exclude some acts such as the withdrawal or dropping the citizenship
from the supervision of the judiciary under the pretext that it acts or
acts of political sovereignty since the dropping or withdrawal of
citizenship was legalized and organized by the constitution and the UAE
law, therefore it cannot be decided without taking into accounts the
stated articles in the constitution. Otherwise, it would be a way to
violate all the laws in force under the pretext of sovereign acts and
this is something that is not accepted at all and not correct with the
principles of justice.</span></div>
</div>uae7http://www.blogger.com/profile/06778139056840849858noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2804709781416395151.post-50246171760608503992012-04-02T04:28:00.000-07:002012-04-02T04:28:02.206-07:00For the dignity of the citizen<div dir="rtl" style="text-align: right;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Doctor: Sultan Bin Kayed Al Qassimi</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">I only want reform and beg only Allah for help</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">In Him I trust and unto Him I turn</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">These
days, the UAE is witnessing an unprecedented, intellectual juridical
and dynamic movement, since the release of a decree to drop the
nationality of six citizens of the UAE, and the seventh one was before
them. Those seven citizens were known for their service to their country
and advocates of social reform. The most prominent stage which
illustrates this movement is the online arena, which became the default
Tahrir Square for the youth of UAE to defend their civil rights. The
movement is divided into two opposing forces on two fronts; one of them
views the inadmissibility of withdrawing the citizenship from these
seven. This front is led by a group of people from various intellectual
spectrums, including the seven of reform advocates. The second front
view that it is a must to comply fully with the decree and that those
seven deserve this punishment, even if it is too tough. This front is
led by a group of the state security apparatus, especially those who are
responsible for the fight against the intellectual streams in society.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">The
careful pause pondering this event shows the seriousness of its risk on
the reality and the future of our dear homeland. The nation consists
mainly of land and human beings. Consequently, the moment when we
relinquish one person from our fellow citizens of this blessed land,
does not differ from the moment when we relinquish a piece of home. Who
will protect the homeland, but only the men who sacrifice and love their
country citing “whoever dies for the sake of his land is a martyr."</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Death
is easier than losing your citizenship, followed by a relentless media
campaign to tarnish their image. Which part of the image? It is the part
of their loyalty to their homeland, for which they sacrifice their
souls and lives. I wonder, what is the amount of worry and humiliation
caused to those seven and their children? But I also wonder, what is the
feeling of people of their tribes and those who were described that
they are not from the "original citizens"? How will they secure the
power sword that is used against them?? And how will they contribute in
building the country?</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">The
Security Service, which adopted this unfair decision for submission to
the Father His Highness Sheikh Khalifa may God protect him, can not be
trusted to adopt another decision in the future that may result unknown
consequences for the security of our homeland and the dignity of the
citizens. The injustice, caused to these seven, could expand and vary
its forms to affect every one. It will be said then: "Actually, I was
eaten when the white bull was eaten." No limit to injustice and it
doesn’t stop. If we maintain a reverence for the hidden decisions of
this apparatus, it will destroy all the gains of our homeland in human
rights and dignity.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Perhaps
the case of the seven, whose their nationalities were dropped that come
to the surface these days and become a matter of public opinion, is
just one episode in a series of actions of narrowing and injustice that
are practiced on all the civil and official institutions, including the
call of reform known to everyone by its moderate approach in dealing
with affairs of religion and the world, ranging from closing the
Association of reform and social guidance in 1994 to the exclusion of
its members from government jobs as well as preventing their children
from the missions, the closure of their companies and stop the recording
of their homes. The position of the reform advocates towards these
practices is patience, facing the pains and communicating with
officials, hoping to return to normal and build an understanding with
the officials, to remove the effect of intrigues and plots of demons.
But we regret that all attempts to communicate with officials have faced
the closed doors. The series continued tightening until it reached
today to drop the citizenship of some citizens and accusing them of
disloyalty to their homeland.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Not
only does the overthrow of the citizens` nationality in this way harm
those citizens, but it also threatens the state structure and the
cohesion of the entire community. It also insults the dignity of the
citizens before the residents who work in the UAE and who have countries
behind them that keep their dignity and rights. The citizenship of the
people and their rights and dignity are redline that shouldn’t be
crossed by intervention of any official in the State and shouldn’t be
used in settling accounts between the various parties. The difference
between people is normal and will continue to the Day of Judgment, and
therefore the Constitution affirmed that "equality, social justice,
providing security and tranquility, and equal opportunities for all
citizens are the pillars of society.”</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">The
time has changed, and our people are no longer a simple primitive, and
became conscious of their rights not as it was at the time of parents
and grandparents, and broke the barrier of fear. We do not break the
barrier of love and respect. The UAE is not a separate planet from the
Arab world around us. So it is necessary to hear the advice and to have
mature understanding between ruler and his people. "And you are in
charge and you will be asked about your people," that is, if we truly
want goodness for our country now and in the future.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">The
call for reform, despite what it faces and suffer from for the sake \
of their religion and homeland, will remain committed to its moderate
approach, eager to satisfaction of God first and foremost, and then its
dear country and good leadership. The call of Reformation, as ever,
embraces any initiative targeting the interest of the nation, and that's
not a matter of kindly and gratitude, but as a matter of duty and
responsibility and national legitimacy.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">By this statement I address:</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Their Highnesses the Rulers of the Emirates, the Members of Supreme Council and the Crown Princes, May Allah save them all,</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Led
by His Highness the father Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Head of State,
whose fatherly heart and the wise mind, the safety valve of the blessed
country , may God protect him and guide his steps to all the best, And
to all the wise people who meet with the their and trust in their
wisdom. To be in this great event, a watershed between the humiliation
of the citizen and his dignity. We need to have an urgent and serious
pause to restore the right to its owners and an initiative of a wise
balance between the prestiges of the state on the one hand and the
dignity of the citizen on the other. An initiative that restore the
citizenship to those seven citizens. It must also include a successful
panacea to the cause of the problem in order not to be repeated again in
this way, by "freeing the civic life of the security hegemony" and the
reduction of absolute powers of the security apparatus. It also must
develop regulations to control and watch this important apparatus. It
should be also subject to an independent and fair judicial
accountability, in order to maintain the human dignity in our country
and save it from injustice and humiliation.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Finally,
I remind myself and my brothers who seek reform to turn to Allah
Almighty, begging him to remove their scourge and forgive them and
accept their work. We also ask Him to and protect their homeland, He is
the Lord and the patron.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">D. Sultan Bin Kayed Al Qassimi</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Chairman of the reform call</span></div>
</div>uae7http://www.blogger.com/profile/06778139056840849858noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2804709781416395151.post-80309875130719718292012-04-02T04:26:00.002-07:002012-04-02T04:26:44.267-07:00Emirates ....... from the state security service to the security of the nation!<div dir="rtl" style="text-align: right;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Dr. Mohammed Abdul Karim al-Amiri</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">UAE Ambassador</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Few
weeks ago, our beloved UAE completed the fourth decade of its glorious
union. It may be a short period in the reconstruction of countries, but
if it was measured by its achievements, it would be really very long.
Its regime has succeeded in performing a lot of achievements, ranging
from the political unification of its entities to the outstanding
success of building up the Emirati people and their welfare. The ruling
families have provided UAE citizens a unified country and began the
process of building up their country voluntarily and not based on any
popular pressure or claims. These achievements come to strengthen the
cohesion between the historical rulers of the country and their fellow
citizens that has been established over hundreds of years. We would like
to alert the supervisors to the state security service that this
national heritage of those rulers is being subjected to systematic
distortion due to the practices of some employees of the security
service. Some of those who are affiliated to this device security have
invested the security risks that threatened the world in recent years to
control all aspects of the state and its internal and external
institutions. Consequently, it is undoubtedly a great risk threatening
the safety of the country and its social security. These risks are
doubled and increased if we realize that the security agency exercises
its activity based on false premise regarding the nature and the fact of
danger that threatens our homeland. As a matter of fact, continuation
of these practices will jeopardize our country rather than protecting
it. Also, these policies will make the UAE more vulnerable to external
risks.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">The
current article attempts to draw attention to the dangers of that
matter and shed light on the importance of moving quickly, by the rulers
and politicians of the country, to rectify it and prevent its
continuation. Moving, actually, should be based on the review of the way
by which the security services act from two considerations: the first
is that the apparatus works on false premises, which assumes that the
regime is in danger and the source of this danger is the "Muslim
Brotherhood". The current article seeks to prove the opposite, namely
that the regime in the UAE is not threatened by any risk, which means
that the security service activity must be applied to protect the
country. Secondly, the apparatus is not aware of the fact that the
security risks are changeable according to the changes in the Arab and
international realities around us. The Arab revolutions brought about a
coup in the Arab political reality by which the former opposition groups
are about to become the new rulers.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">It
is clear that there is blurring and lack of clarity in the vision of
those who work in the security service and the fact about its role. In
other words, is it an apparatus to protect the security of the state
(regime) or to protect the security of the homeland? The policies and
practices indicate that the apparatus considers itself the protector of
the regime rather than an apparatus that protects the security of the
homeland. This perception has been built on the premise that the regime
is threatened by the danger comes from the "Brotherhood." It is clear
that it is flimsy and unwarranted premise in the light of the historical
relationship between the UAE rulers and its people. Up to the moment,
the apparatus is unable to provide an evidence of the existence of such
organization in the country. Consequently, this crumbling claim is just a
hypothesis being imported from different countries whose historical
development path is completely different from the historical path of the
evolution of the UAE society and its regimes. Also it should be
realized that this group shifted from being a banned organization, the
majority of its members and leaders are in the Egyptian and Arab jails
and prisons, to a political group which will heavily impact the
political and security reality of the Arab world. Based on this, it is
not in the interest of the UAE and its regime to fabricate a battle with
this powerful political group. Even if we accept the controversial
hypothesis that our regime is facing a threat by the "Muslim
Brotherhood", then the real owners of these allegations should answer
the following questions: Did the security services in Egypt, Syria,
Tunisia or Libya, for example, manage to get rid of the "Muslim
Brotherhood" in theses countries? The other question is: What are the
means owned by the security service in the UAE, so being able to achieve
the goal for which these defunct security services in Egypt, Tunisia,
Libya and in many other Arab countries in the future, failed to achieve?
The last question is: What are the UAE interests in the security
services` fabrication of hostility with the political group that will
have great influences on determining the future of the whole Arab
region?</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Contrary
to this wrong hypothesis, we do not need a great effort to prove that
our regime is not threatened by any internal danger that requires the
protection of members of the Security Service by which some of them try
to convince us. As a reminder only I am going to cite three
considerations:</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">The
first is that our regime did not come to power on the back of tanks,
but it was established through centuries of positive interaction between
citizens and their rulers.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">The
second is that our regime is distinguished by the absence of the
repressive practices that violate human dignity and confiscate his
rights, even though there are some recorded excesses in recent years,
which will be addressed later.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">The
third is that our regime has promoted its historical popularity by
visible and various successes in uniting the country and building up the
citizen.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Based
on the foregoing, what the UAE really needs is an apparatus that
protects the security of the homeland, not protects the security of the
state (regime). Consequently, our regime is not in need for the
employees` services of that apparatus because it is a protected and
impervious by the loyalty and the love of its people.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">It
is regrettable that the policy on which the procedures of security
service depend, did not take into account these facts. There are many
evidences to prove what we have mentioned, one of such evidences, what
are released from the lists of electoral bodies. The vast majority of
citizens are missed from the lists. Moreover, a large sector of the
experts and talented was excluded from these lists. Those who prepared
and released these lists have missed the gravity of these procedures on
homeland security, its reputation and the status of its leadership. The
first of what these lists mean is the wrong and harmful impression that
the regime is deprived from the loyalty of the majority of its people.
It also means the deep fissures between the citizens of one nation. This
fissure has resulted a bitter feeling by the absent individuals that
they are second-class citizens whose loyalty are questionable. While on
the other hand, there are a set of first class citizens who boast the
consent of the regime and enjoy the privileges of citizenship. Also, one
of the implications of this wrong hypothesis is that the security
service is seeking to control the ministries and governmental
institutions by referring to retirement the staff of such ministries and
replacing them by retired employees of the security and defense. It
wasn’t enough to the security service doing this, but it turned to be an
octopus swallows institutions of civil society (non-profit
organizations). What’s more, the security service is waging a frantic
against a group of citizens by depriving them of government jobs and
putting pressure on their livelihoods after designating them as enemies
of the regime. They also act regardless to the state constitution and
laws. The move to withdraw the citizenship of a group of citizens
without due process is a clear evidence of such abuses, as well as the
restrictions on opinion makers and classifying them as a source of
dangers which threaten the country. In fact, they can not convince us
that the word or the article whatever its intensity could threaten UAE
regime, whose roots extends deeply in the history, or harm its
leadership who has a great record of achievements that have been
achieved for the citizens` interests. If we accept the fact that the
regime doesn’t need to be protected from the members of the Security
Service, the dangers of the insistences and adhering to these procedures
are come together to cause a crack among the citizens of one country
which undermines and threatens the unity of its social security. In
addition, these procedures can also damage the feature by which the UAE
is known, namely being free of repressive practices. Thus these
procedures are considered a burden to the security of the nation, not a
protection. As a result, it is required an urgent action to correct the
future implications of these procedures by a comprehensive review to the
message and the goals of security service based on the following facts:
</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">-
It's an apparatus for the homeland security and not for the security of
the state (the regime), as the latter doesn’t need the protection of
the security personnel.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">-
It is useful to acknowledge that the existence of the apparatus for
homeland security is vital in light of the conflicting interests of the
international community that is threatened by successive security risks.
But there are real circumspectly from a predominance of the security
service to the degree of controlling over the entire state apparatus and
its institutions.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">-
It should be realized that there is a natural tendency of the
security/military authorities to over-use it. What often governs their
dealings with the challenges their societies face, is the rule: "We are
powerful and great warriors," which is consistent with the normal
military upbringing. But the wise leadership of resorting to political
choice has avoided their community the risk of destruction by the
"irresistible soldiers."</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">There
are evidences in our Arab history on the predominance security services
to the degree in which it took over the state itself. In the fall of
Abbasid state, a group of people, who were mandated to protect the
rulers, became the real governors of the state. But it ended up to being
the final word to appoint or remove the rulers. There were also the
Mamluks, who were brought to protect the rulers of the country, but all
in a sudden became the real rulers.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">
The fifth: the formation of the (homeland security service) - or expand
the existing Board, if it exists - to oversee the activities of the
apparatus. Its responsibilities are determined to develop the strategy
of the apparatus to include identification of potential hazards that
threaten the country and to develop policies to deal with it. The
strategy and policies should be reviewed on an ongoing basis to respond
to the changing security challenges. It is important that the council
include different orientations, views and a high level of efficiency and
practical experience to be able to develop options to facilitate the
process of a mature decision.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">It
is also important that the head of this apparatus to be civilian,
subject to accountability to ward off the excesses that can be done by
some employees of the apparatus as well as to confirm the presence of
the political side in the apparatus measures and practices.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Fourth:
The management and procedures of the apparatus should be subject to the
supervision by an independent inspection council that is reformed
periodically. The inspection Council reports to the of homeland security
board.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">There
is no doubt that the revolutions in many of the Arab countries indicate
that the Arab world is going through a historic turning point that
would result implications on the rest of Arab countries. That makes a
comprehensive review of the strategies and policies of the security
service as well as the rest of the state apparatus so that we can
overcome the risks of this critical stage.</span></div>
</div>uae7http://www.blogger.com/profile/06778139056840849858noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2804709781416395151.post-53227015120899870312012-04-02T04:24:00.004-07:002012-04-02T04:24:45.663-07:00You are not Diaky, dear advocates of reform!<div dir="rtl" style="text-align: right;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">By: Ibrahim bin Omar Al Sakran</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">When I recognized this painful comparison, I said to myself: “Your problem is that you are not Diaky, advocates of reform!”</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Praise be to Allah, and then,</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">The
jurist Sheikh Muhammad Abd Al-Razzaq Al-Siddiq (a member of the World
Association of Muslim Scholars and a member of the Islamic Banking
Committees), the renowned scholar Dr. Ali Al Hammadi (Head of Center of
Creative Thinking), and their fellow brothers Dr. Shaheen Al Hosni
(specialist in library science), and Hassan Al Jabri (specialist in
charitable work), and Hussein Al Jabri (educational expert), and Ibrahim
Al Marzouqi (educational expert), this group are Emirate effective
actors, and they are members of the Association of Reform and Social
Guidance in the UAE, an official big association headed by Sheikh Sultan
Bin Kayed Al Qassimi, and it is the most powerful institutions for
advocacy in the UAE. Some of these actors (Siddiqui, Al Hammadi and Al
Hosni) participated in signing a letter to Sheikh Khalifa in March 2011,
calling him for carrying out fundamental political reforms related to
the expansion of popular participation.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">In
these days, the Emirati and gulf public opinion surprised by a
decision, published in the UAE newspapers (Al Ethad, Al Bayan, Emirates
Today), issued, on Thursday, December 22, 2011, by Sheikh Khalifa Al
Nahyan, stripping these Islamic preachers calling for reform of the (UAE
nationality)! The statement stated:</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">(His
Highness Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan issued on 9 Muharram 1433,
corresponding to December 4, 2011 the decree number (2/1/7857) to
withdraw the nationality of the State from: Hussein Munif Al Jabri,
Hassan Munif Al-Jabri, Ibrahim Hassan Marzouqi, Shaheen Abdullah Al
Hosni, Ali Hussain Al Hammadi, and Mohamed Abdul Razak Al Siddiq. This
is because they carried out some acts which threatened the state
security and safety. The source said that they had worked during the
past years with some organizations and personalities of regional and
international suspect. They also associated with some suspicious
organizations, which included in the lists of the United Nations for
combating the financing of terrorism. The official source in the General
Department for Nationality and Residence and Ports, at the end of his
statement, emphasized that making this decision is one of the sovereign
acts of the State) [See: Al Ethad, Al Bayan, Emirates Today, December
22, 2011].</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">This
painful decision, indeed, is beyond the beautiful stereotype known of
UAE rulers. It firstly needs to be legally examined, to see whether it
meets the legal requirements in order to be applicable or effective?</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Actually,
this decision is illegal, and includes a number of reasons for nullity.
It contradicts with some legal principles, as follows:</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">- Withdrawal of nationality can’t be carried out except by a decree:</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">The
Emirate legal framework regulating the process of withdrawal of
nationality in the UAE is the law of nationality and passports (no.
17/1972), in which Article (20) identifies: (Nationality of the state is
granted by a decree, upon the submission of the Minister of the
Interior, and the approval of the Council of Ministers, and is dropped
by the same previous procedure) [Nationality Law: article 20].</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">The
reader can easily notice that the withdrawal of nationality must be
carried out by a (decree), and this decree shall be deemed approved by
the Council of Ministers.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">The
concept of decree is confirmed by this article in the law of
nationality; which stated in a supreme legal framework, namely the
constitution of the country. The text of the constitution provides that
the decree have two characteristics: (cabinet approval, and publication
in an official newspaper), where Article (114) of the Constitution of
the United Arab Emirates states the following:</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">(No
decree may be issued unless the Council of Ministers has confirmed it
and the resident of the Union or the Supreme Council, according to their
powers, has ratified it. Decrees shall be published in the Official
Gazette after signature by the President of the Union) [Constitution of
the United Arab Emirates: article 114].</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Well,
till the current time nothing has been published in the official
gazette in this specification; a legal requirement stipulated in the
Nationality Law of UAE, but what have dealt with in the media so far
either just a "decision" or news about a "decree".</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">- No withdrawal of nationality except with condemnation, and no condemnation without trial:</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Emirati
nationality law clearly defined the cases that justify the withdrawal
of nationality, which is only four cases: the aggression against the
security of the state, repeating heinous crimes, fraud in the data of
nationality, continuous residence outside the state for more than four
years [Nationality Law: article 16].</span></div>
<div dir="ltr" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;">
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">It
is noted that three cases are (criminal descriptions), which are not in
the hands of the executive authority, but in the hand of the judiciary.
Therefore, some commentators on (the UAE Private International Law)
believe that stating the verification of these crimes is some kind of
the discretion available to the executive authority. In my point of
view, this is wrong, because the criminalization and punishment are
judicial process organized by the Constitution of the UAE; a higher
authority than ordinary laws. So, if the texts of these laws might imply
multiple meanings and some of such meanings are contrary to the
Constitution, the texts contrary to the Constitution will be deemed null
and void. The constitutional principle, which restricts this case, is
as follows:</span></div>
<div dir="ltr" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;">
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">(Penalty
is personal. An accused shall be presumed innocent until proved guilty
in a legal and fair trial. The accused shall have the right to appoint
the person who is capable to conduct his defense during the trial. The
law shall prescribe the cases in which the presence of a counsel for
defense shall be assigned.) [Constitution of the United Arab Emirates:
article 28]</span></div>
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"></span><br /><div dir="ltr" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;">
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">This
constitutional principle requires that the executive authority cannot
convict the accused of committing an act threatening the security of the
state, because the Constitution required a fair trial for conviction.
At the lack of a fair trial; the accused person remains innocent, and if
the accused is still presumed innocent, then the description justifying
for the withdrawal of nationality is null and void.</span></div>
<div dir="ltr" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;">
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">It
should be taken into account the fact that the UAE law differentiates,
like many legal systems, between (the withdrawal of nationality) and
(the dropping of nationality). Moreover, it states some especial
justifications for each of them. Actually, this is not our subject, as
our main topic is (withdrawal of nationality).</span></div>
<div dir="ltr" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;">
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">- Decree of withdrawal of nationality is managerial not sovereign decision:</span></div>
<div dir="ltr" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;">
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">The
news published in the newspapers pointed out that the decision to
revoke nationality is a sovereign decision; a proactive signal implies
that such decision cannot be legally appealed. But, in fact , a number
of commentators of the Private International Law shed light on some
judicial cases in which the Supreme Court of the Union taken some
judicial judgments. The Supreme Court of the Union is the highest
judicial authority in the UAE, as stipulated in the (Constitution:
article 100). It also has the power to control the constitutionality of
laws (the Constitution: article 99). The Supreme Court of the Union
established the principle of controlling the correctness of measures
taken in the decision to withdraw nationality.</span></div>
<div dir="ltr" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;">
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">This
means that even if the executive authority has the right of discretion
in determining whether the offense necessitates the withdrawal of
nationality happened or not, the court has the right of judicial control
over the soundness of the legal mechanism for the withdrawal of
nationality, and verification of the non-abuse of power.</span></div>
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"></span><br /><div dir="ltr" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;">
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">- Political criticism and establishing of associations are not a crime, but a constitutional right:</span></div>
<div dir="ltr" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;">
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">The
decision totally ascribed some acts to the callers of reform of the
withdrawn nationalities, but such acts are not criminal at all, rather,
they are constitutional rights guaranteed to every citizen in the UAE.
The right of political criticism and the right of assembly both are
mentioned in the Part III of the Constitution, which states:</span></div>
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">(Freedom
of opinion and expressing it verbally, in writing or by other means of
expression shall be guaranteed within the limits of law) [UAE
Constitution: Article 30].</span><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"></span><br /><div dir="ltr" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;">
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">So,
everything said and expressed by the advocates of reform is within the
limits stipulated by the above article and covered by the constitutional
restriction.</span></div>
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">As
for their participation in the work of an Islamic group, this is a
constitutional right guaranteed to the citizen in the UAE as stated in
the Constitution (Freedom of assembly and establishing associations
shall be guaranteed within the limits of law) [Constitution of the
United Arab Emirates: article 33]. Moreover, the Reform Society which
they had participated in is a licensed association headed by Sheikh
Sultan Bin Kayed Al Qassimi. This means that all acts, inspired by the
published news, are legitimate under the Constitution, and guaranteed to
every citizen in the UAE. So, how can such acts be deemed a criminal
offense? How could they be a pretext for the withdrawal of nationality?!</span><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"></span><br /><div dir="ltr" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;">
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">- Serious legal consequences for the withdrawal of nationality:</span></div>
<div dir="ltr" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;">
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Of
the most painful things is that the law of withdrawal of nationality in
the UAE allowed the withdrawal of nationality of children and wife of
the man whose nationality is withdrawn. The article reads as follows:</span></div>
<div dir="ltr" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;">
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">(If
the nationality of a person is withdrawn, the nationality of his minor
children and wife may consequently be withdrawn) [Nationality Law: M
16/4].</span></div>
<div dir="ltr" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;">
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">This
principle, in fact, is a violation of the constitutional principle on
the character of punishment, because it made the penalty applicable to
the innocent who have no connection with the crime of the father. In
some explanations of Private International Law, there are some
justifications for such violations, but they are faint. The withdrawal
of nationality of wife and children is accumulated grievances!</span></div>
<div dir="ltr" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;">
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">- Political consequences</span></div>
<div dir="ltr" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;">
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Actually,
introducing the withdrawal of nationality, as a new weapon in combating
the reform vote, is an unusual methodology in the region. The first
application to it in the Gulf is, unfortunately, by some influential
figures in the UAE.</span></div>
<div dir="ltr" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;">
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Frankly
and clearly, in the midst of the hot interactions regarding this topic,
I found at familiar factors in the scene of the event, but I missed one
thing, a necessary factor, namely the absence of (the wisdom of
treatment) by Sheikh Zayed, may Allah have mercy on him. The venerable
person, whose kindness covered everyone, used to address matters with no
sophistication and tranquility. Unfortunately, such kindness faded from
the scene. I hope his sons did not bury his wisdom with him.</span></div>
<div dir="ltr" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;">
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">To
this degree could man be humiliated in a Muslim Gulf country?! It is
not correct to expect that the seven persons, whose nationality was
withdrawn, are in danger; rather, we all, in fact, became in danger and
feared that the withdrawal of nationality might be applied on us.</span></div>
<div dir="ltr" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;">
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Interestingly,
the six figures are Sunni Muslims, and call for the Approach of the
Sunnis; however, the dictators allege they carry out an Iranian agenda!
If this is the reason for stripping nationality, there are well known
Shiite persons whose nationalities should therefore be withdrawn.</span></div>
<div dir="ltr" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;">
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">It
is a well known fact that some influential figures in the state
security apparatus had a big illusion about the danger of Islamic
trends, so they make clumsy decisions to prevent some Islamic figures,
known for tolerance, from entering to the State. This was known, but on a
limited scale, the problem today is that this illusion began to leak
out from the minds of some leaders of state security and nestles in the
minds of some influential political figures.</span></div>
<div dir="ltr" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;">
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">In
my opinion, this event is so tragic in the UAE and more serious than
the incidents of oppression in the Gulf region in general, and in the
UAE in particular. If this issue to go calmly, withdrawal of nationality
would become a sword against the necks of the speakers and callers for
reform. Besides, everyone would search for his nationality after every
word of criticism he says!</span></div>
<div dir="ltr" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;">
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">In
any event, when I read this painful news about the withdrawal of the
nationality of the advocates of reform in the UAE, I remembered a news
story published in 2006 by Al Bayan newspaper, which was boasted for
being the first newspaper to publish such story. This news was about
granting a football player, "Diaky", the UAE nationality. The football
player happily said:</span></div>
<div dir="ltr" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;">
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">(My feel is indescribable, I am very happy I got UAE nationality,) [Al Bayan, UAE, September 10, 2006]</span></div>
<div dir="ltr" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;">
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">When I recognized this painful comparison, I said to myself: “Your problem is that you are not Diaky, advocates of reform!</span></div>
</div>uae7http://www.blogger.com/profile/06778139056840849858noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2804709781416395151.post-4249358002790880462012-04-02T04:23:00.002-07:002012-04-02T04:23:33.954-07:00Withdrawal of nationality: security folly or state policy?!<div dir="rtl" style="text-align: right;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">By: Jassem Rashed Al Shamsi</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Posted on 29 December 2011</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Withdrawal of nationality: security folly or state policy?!</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">It
is a bad news, circulated on social networks, some satellite channels,
and asserted later by an official statement issued by the General
Department for Naturalization and Residence and Ports, that the
nationality of "six" citizens was withdrawn. Some web sites reported
that they are seven citizens, as the statement did not contain Ahmed
Ghaith Al Suwaidi, an Islamist activist.</span></div>
<a name='more'></a> The withdrawal carried out
under the pretext of maintaining the public security. This issue,
actually, reminds me of an old, symbolic, and famous story titled "The
Fool Bear and the Fly". The narration says that there was a globetrotter
man who, one day, saw a great big bear tied and hanging at a tree in
the midst of a great vast desert. The man sympathized with it and
managed to release it, then slept under the tree to rest from the
aftermath of travel. Gratefully to him, the bear sat beside the sleeping
man to protect him against any flies might disturb his peaceful
sleeping. Few seconds later, the bear saw a fly buzzing, and then landed
on the eyelid of the man. The bear said: “No, by my Lord, I will never
let the fly torture you.” Therefore, it sped up to fetch a nearby rock,
then hit the landed fly on the face of the man, thinking it kills it,
but it smashed the head of the poor sleeping man. The man died and
nothing left but stupidity.<br />
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">No
one can explain the security adventure taken by the security service
away from this story. The story is symbolic in fact, but it coincides
with actions taken by some officials who, with good or bad intention,
yearn for maintaining the public security, but with some decisions burn
the ends and means. This what exactly done by the impetuous security
service.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">It
is very shocking and make us reach to the highest levels of grief and
sorrow that the decisions regarding withdrawing the nationality of
citizens by law came after only two days of the wedding day of the
Union, after the release of five prisoners, it is done so suddenly
without any investigations or filing the charges to courts, and even
without any respect to people and the public opinion who need sound
proofs to swallow those adventures. What increases the weight of sorrow
and sadness is that those persons whose nationalities were withdrawn
have strong and positive presence, locally and regionally, and have
great value that boasts the country.</span></div>
<div dir="ltr" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;">
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Actually,
I felt that a storm will happen after reading, in the press and some
web sites, about the statements issued, almost a week before the
decisions taken, by many foreign ministers of the Gulf Cooperation
Council (GCC) states, including Sheikh Abdullah Bin Zayed, who said:
“There will be some diplomatic and political actions to be taken by the
GCC States against the acts of sabotage occurred in some of the Gulf
states. It became clear recently that Iran is behind such acts,
[referring to the spy cell arrested in Kuwait earlier]. "I should not
reveal such steps at the current time in order not to deactivate them,”
Sheikh Abdullah added.</span></div>
<div dir="ltr" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;">
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">On
the other hand, the citizens of the withdrawn nationalities issued some
statements. The first one included: “An illegal and oppressive action,
referring to the withdrawal of their nationalities, was taken against
us, abusing the basic human rights and violating the constitution and
laws of the state. The link among us is that we all are advocates for
reform belonging to the Association of Reform and Social Guidance in the
state, whose Board of Directors was fired”. “Some of us have
participated in signing a petition submitted to the Head of State
demanding reforms in the legislature of the state.” The statement added.
Besides, the statement, full with bitterness and grievance, appealed to
the concerned bodies, institutions, associations, dignitaries and
officials involved in human rights to stand with them in their
humanitarian issue. They also demanded to stop all oppressive measures
against the advocates of reform in the state, their families, wives,
children and also the institutions call for reform. They also said that
there is deliberate vilification against them, locally, regionally and
internationally, by some corrupted leaders and advisers in the state
security apparatus. Therefore, we demand the country's rulers to return
our rights and remove the cancerous tumor in the security service to
maintain the security of the state. </span></div>
<div dir="ltr" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;">
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">The
seven persons issued another statement ensures the same meaning plus
the following: they are sons of this homeland, who obtained citizenship
by virtue of the law, and the charge of belonging to suspicious
organizations is absolutely incorrect. They also believe that such steps
were not to be taken against them if they do not call for reform or
signed the petition. Therefore, the provisions against them are unfair
and they do not have any connection to suspicious organizations or
persons, except the charity they introduced for the besieged Gaza, if
this act to be considered a crime. This also reminded me of some
accusations by the deposed regime of Hosni Mubarak against some
Islamists, some of them were from the Gulf.</span></div>
<div dir="ltr" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;">
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">It
is beyond dispute that the most difficult matter to any citizen to feel
alienated at his homeland. The more difficult comes when such feelings
increase inside the citizen to find himself in a merciless world never
respects his citizenship, rather kills it. Besides, there is no respect
from any other persons to him or his citizenship. The matter is in all
cases a security file, which embraces some that reports leaves no space
for dialogue or reason.</span></div>
<div dir="ltr" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;">
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">This
action was not surprising to those who follow the hidden battle between
the reformers and the security services, which escalated recently in
anticipation of the rebounds of Arab spring revolts. But on the national
scene, such hidden battle, if not dealt with, will deadly affect the
national cohesion.</span></div>
<div dir="ltr" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;">
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">No
one can claim that he did not know about the deterioration of the
status of freedoms in the country, and the evident decline of the
popular participation curve, where the security apparatus has
predominance in all joints of life, which turned the UAE from a peaceful
civil state to a racing course in which the security and military
forces compete for getting high positions inside and outside the state.
Moreover, the security file became the master of the dialogue between
the Authority and people.</span></div>
<div dir="ltr" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;">
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">It
is some kind of shame when Arab governments do not take the lesson from
the experiences of each other. As the young men, aspiring to more
freedoms, should not be faced with the law of force, rather, with the
force of law. They also should not be abused in their freedom and
dignity, or detached from their homeland. They even should not be given a
sudden increase in salaries. The atmospheres should be free of
tribalism and withdrawal of nationalities, and not to open the door for
the children of naturalized citizens. This is papers mixing which tenses
the whole scene.</span></div>
<div dir="ltr" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;">
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">It
is extremely perplexing when one recognizes the unjustified security
attack of the escalating ferocity against the Islamists locally and
globally, especially against the Muslim Brotherhood. This happens either
by strategic centers of the state, newspapers or even by security pens.
I really do not know what are the basics or criteria of government's
policy in this attack from one hand, and the leadership of Islamists,
especially the Muslim Brotherhood, to the governments in the Arab
revolutions from the other hand? It is wise to understand this change
and deal rationally with it, not to raise doubts about it, especially in
a pivotal country like Egypt, at a time our situation is bad enough and
needs no more sophistication.</span></div>
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">I
know that many leaders in the country have serious reservations about
the adventure of withdrawal of nationality, which indicates that the
political decision in the State is subject to the security file in many
aspects. Actually, it is dominated by improvisation and supremacy, and
not subject to research, participation, and deliberation. Although its
manifestations tackles the feelings of the people, but the good
implementation still the true measure of the credibility of those
manifestations.</span><br /><div dir="ltr" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;">
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">I
do not assume innocence in the idea that the "seven" persons are of
Iranian origins, as claimed by security, especially in light of the
statements of Minister of Foreign Affairs. I also cannot confirm that
this is the beginning of a series of repressive measures, but I
absolutely sure that this will be the beginning for greater freedom and
the triumph of the right and his people. Actually, some leaders in
government have wisdom, so I have optimism, which accompanied by number
"seven”, which of special presence in the mind of every believer. Hence,
number of week days are seven, number of times circumambulation are
seven, and number of Jmrat (pebbles) are seven. We also should not
forget that the seven kinds of people whom will be shaded by the shade
of Allah on the Doomsday. This is, indeed, not kind of "dervishism", but
optimism should be coupled with hard work. No doubt that the coming
days will answer many questions raised in this regard, and "there is no
difference between Arab and non-Arab except by piety”, you are sincere,
Messenger of Allah!</span></div>
</div>uae7http://www.blogger.com/profile/06778139056840849858noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2804709781416395151.post-14264098185378013522012-03-27T10:05:00.001-07:002012-03-27T10:05:26.633-07:00Detention of UAE Activist, Ahmed Ghaith Al-Suwaidi, in Continous Counter-reform Crackdowns<div dir="rtl" style="text-align: right;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 21px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Detention of UAE Activist, Ahmed Ghaith Al-Suwaidi, in Continous Counter-reform Crackdowns</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 21px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">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.</span></div>
<a name='more'></a><br class="kix-line-break" />Ahmed bin Ghaith has been forcibly
rounded up after getting his car surrounded by a number of security
personnel and their vehicles.<br />
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Ahmed
Ghaith Al Suwaidi has rare educational background and intellectual
efficiency, as being described by his colleague Mohammed Abdul Razzaq
al-Siddiq, holding a bachelor's degree in Petroleum Engineering and
Masters Degree in Economics from the University of California. He is
also one of the seven Emiratis whose nationalities been recently
withdrawn in the UAE for their demands for reform.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Worth-mentioning,
authorities in the United Arab Emirates launch a recent crackdown on
Emirati activists by arresting some of them and withdrawing the
nationalities of others. The UAE authorities are accusing them of
belonging to the Muslim Brotherhood, the group which was attacked
recently by the Dubai Police chief and ruler of Sharjah.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">The
arrest of bin Ghaith raised anger within many ranks of activists across
the social networking sites, who were surprised that these night
arrests are odd things to happen in a country like the UAE which
witnessed no security mobility like this before. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Remakably, reformists in the UAE lately complain from the incursion of state security apparatus in the life of Emirati citizens.</span></div>
</div>uae7http://www.blogger.com/profile/06778139056840849858noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2804709781416395151.post-82843966471718920912012-03-11T06:34:00.001-07:002012-03-11T06:34:23.700-07:00Statement by Dawat Al-Islah on the arrest of the Reformist Saleh al-Dhufairy<div dir="rtl" style="text-align: right;" trbidi="on">
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<span id="internal-source-marker_0.7301271040509629" style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 19px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Statement by Dawat Al-Islah </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 19px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">on the arrest of the Reformist Saleh al-Dhufairy</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 17px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">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.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 17px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">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.</span></div>
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<a name='more'></a><br />
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 17px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">What
happened to Sheikh al-Dhufairy reiterates that dealing security-wise,
in terms of security backgrounds and mentality, with reform advocates,
as a result to the inability of the authorities to put forth
counter-arguments and counter-opinions, would lead to an increase in
tension within the realms of the UAE community.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 17px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Sheikh
Saleh Al-Dhufairy has been kidnapped by a plain-cloth group attached to
the state security apparatus. When the Sheikh asked them to submit the
prosecution warrant, ten men in four cars raided his house 1.00 AM and
kidnapped him under threat and intimidation.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 17px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Dawat
Al-Islah deplores this unacceptable crackdown against its leaders and
its members, and emphasizes its right to expose these illegal and
inhumane abuses as well as its right in advice which is considered a
sacred onus that is not to be compromised nor bargained.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 17px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Ultimately
disapproving this disgraceful and humiliating treatment with the UAE
citizens and systematic terrorization of their wives and children by
security forces, Dawat Al-Islah holds the competent authorities full
responsible for the live and health of Sheikh Saleh Al-Dhufairy. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 17px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">It's
also a chance to appeal to the Head of State, His Highness Sheikh
Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, to issue order to the competent authorities
to release Sheikh Saleh Al-Dhufairy immediately, and enable him safe
return to his family and activities for continuing his reformist and
preaching march.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 17px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">It
is indeed regrettable that the kidnapping comes at a time hope for an
atmosphere of understanding and dialogue under the mantle of wisdom and
reason would prevail. Unfortunately, this crackdown comes at a time
attempts were made to heal the deep social wounds caused by this
apparatus throughout its history.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">United Arab Emirates</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">13 Rabie Al-Thani, 1433</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">6 March 2012</span></div>
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</div>uae7http://www.blogger.com/profile/06778139056840849858noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2804709781416395151.post-69150834014024965552012-03-11T06:32:00.002-07:002012-03-11T06:32:31.848-07:00The Association of Sunni scholars<div dir="rtl" style="text-align: right;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 17px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">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. </span></div>
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<a name='more'></a><br class="kix-line-break" />Those UAE Citizens are as follows:<br />
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #17365d; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 17px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Sheikh</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #17365d; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 17px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #17365d; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 17px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Muhammad</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #17365d; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 17px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #17365d; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 17px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Abdul-Raziq As-Siddiq</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 17px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">, member of the International Union of Muslim Scholars</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #17365d; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 17px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Dr.</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #17365d; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 17px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #17365d; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 17px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Ali Hussain</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #17365d; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 17px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #17365d; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 17px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Al Hammadi</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 17px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">, president of the Center of Creative Thinking</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #17365d; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 17px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Dr.</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #17365d; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 17px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #17365d; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 17px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Shahin</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #17365d; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 17px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #17365d; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 17px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Abdullah</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #17365d; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 17px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #17365d; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 17px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Al</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 17px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #17365d; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 17px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Hosni</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 17px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">, expert in library and information sciences</span></div>
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<li style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: decimal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 36pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;">
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #17365d; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 17px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Mr. Hussein</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #17365d; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 17px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #17365d; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 17px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Munif</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #17365d; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 17px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #17365d; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 17px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Al Jabri</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 17px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">, pedagogical and educational expert</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #17365d; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 17px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Mr. Hassan</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #17365d; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 17px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #17365d; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 17px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Munif</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #17365d; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 17px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #17365d; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 17px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Al Jabri</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 17px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">, founder and an expert in charities</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #17365d; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 17px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Mr. Ibrahim</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #17365d; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 17px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #17365d; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 17px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Hassan</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #17365d; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 17px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #17365d; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 17px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Al-Marzouqi</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 17px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">, teacher and pedagogue</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #17365d; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 17px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Mr. Ahmed</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #17365d; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 17px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #17365d; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 17px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Ghaith</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #17365d; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 17px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #17365d; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 17px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Al-Suwaidi</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 17px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">, educational expert</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><br class="kix-line-break" /></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 17px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">We
advice the rulers of the UAE, based on the prophetic teachings on
conveying advice, to repeal this arbitrary procedure in any way, and to
apologize to the people of the UAE and the whole world for this
procedure; which contradicts with the most basic human rights and
globally-accepted covenants. Fair legal proceedings would be an
inevitable option. At a time the scholars are trying to promote the
values </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 17px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 17px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">of Islam in the communities, including: the values </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 17px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 17px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">of
citizenship and patriotism, which comes synchronous with procedures by
other countries for merging and melting residents with citizens
everywhere, this action stood in sharp contrast with the efforts of
scholars and preachers, ultimately vying the teachings of Islam and its
values, and extremely challenging the charters and covenants of human
rights in the whole world.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 17px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">We
want to put before the eyes of the Emirates rulers the fact that this
unjust procedure is not in favor of the UAE itself, especially in the
Arab spring climate that has become close to each unjust or oppressive
regime. So, no tyrant or despot should feel isolated away from the
atmosphere of this spring.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 17px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">We
also warn the rulers of the emirates from the bad corrupt advisers, who
want to bring evil to the country, raise a case of disorder in it,
turning the facts upside down, make enemies for the state at home and
abroad, and export a bad image on the Arabs and Muslims in the West. We
remind them with the words of Allah, the Almighty: 'O believers! Do not
make strangers as your confidants; they leave no stone unturned in
harming you. They yearn for what distresses you: Hostility appeared from
their utterances and what they have concealed in their breasts is yet
greater. We have made you hear Our signs clearly, if you have wisdom.
[Al-Imran: 118] </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 17px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Given
the condemnation of the Association of Sunni scholars against this
action, the association calls the rulers and high-ranked officials of
the UAE, headed by His Highness Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, UAE
President, His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, the Vice
President and Prime Minister, and others, to raise the injustice
happened against those men, keep back everything to its normal position,
and engage in an open dialogue with all the currents of society. This
time is no longer a time for excluding a thought or issuing judgment
based on an affiliation. The truth is very old as the universe is, and
re-tracking the right is better than persisting on falsehood. Allah is
over all things Competent, but most of the people do not know.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 15px; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">President of the Association: Dr. Ahmad Al-Raissouny</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 15px; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Secretary-General of the Association: Dr. Safwat Hijazi</span></div>
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</div>uae7http://www.blogger.com/profile/06778139056840849858noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2804709781416395151.post-54902460764787464792012-03-11T06:29:00.004-07:002012-03-11T06:29:58.176-07:00Nationalities of the UAE Citizens… Between Stripping and Dropping!<div dir="rtl" style="text-align: right;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0f243e; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 21px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Nationalities of the UAE Citizens… Between Stripping and Dropping!</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 21px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><br class="kix-line-break" /></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #c00000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 21px; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">By Muhammad Saleh Al Mansouri</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 17px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">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.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 17px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">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.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 17px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">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.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 17px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Although
we extremely reject any form of attack on the rights of the citizen
UAE, dropping the nationalities as a punishment for the expression of
opinion is a is an unprecedented reaction in its severity and excess in
injustice that demonstrates the violation of the Constitution and the
law of citizenship by the party which held responsible for these most
powerful forms of social suffering and psychological damages.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 17px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">The
Constitution and the law have not left the matter of citizenship to
whims or opinions. On the contrary, it ensured the mechanisms for
preservation of this right, and tightened the terms of withdrawing and
dropping nationalities. Meanwhile, the decrees on dropping the
citizenships of these men were empty from any reference to committing
any of those men any reason for withdrawing his nationality!</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 17px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">It’s
legally established that nationality is a fundamental right among the
citizens' rights guaranteed by the Constitution under Article VIII, and
is not susceptible to be withdrawn (for fully-fledged citizens) or
dropped (in case of naturalized citizens) unless in the exceptional
cases prescribed by law. Dropping or withdrawal of nationality is an
action that is very close to the life of the individual and may have
serious implications on his life; so that the Constitution and the law
enforced many restrictions and strictly controlled it in order to
preserve this fundamental right of human rights.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 17px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">In
this case of dropping the nationalities of those citizens, the
Constitutional articles and the law of nationality have been grievously
infringed. Also, the way this decree issued contradicts the
specifications for issuing decrees specified in Article (114) of the
Constitution which make any decree unconstitutional unless approved by
the Council of Ministers and ratified by the President of the Federation
or the Supreme Council according to the way of competence, and then
being published after signed by the President of the Union in the
Official Gazette. So, What is the location of the decree on this
withdrawal of nationalities from this chain of legal procedures?! </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 17px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">The
law of nationality and passports (no. 17/1972), Article 15 identifies:
the nationality of the state should be dropped from fledged citizens in
two cases: to engage in military service of a foreign country without
the permission of the State and refused an order by the state to leave
this service, or if he worked for the benefit of an enemy state, or if
deliberately nationalized with a nationality of a foreign country. In
all cases at hand, no term or condition of those above-mentioned
applied. So, who then have interest in increasing the number of socially
and economically harmed from this unjust decree of stripping the
nationalities?</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 17px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">This
is also applied to the naturalized persons as well, whose nationality
shouldn’t be withrawn unless acting or engaged in a danger harming state
security and safety, or have been many times sentenced for shameful
crimes, or forging the data used in his citizenship papers, or stayed
outside the country without justification for more than four consecutive
years. Worth-mentioning, all cases harmed from withdrawal of their
nationality at hand did not apply to any of these terms and conditions
as well.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 17px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Based
on the absence of legal basis and causes, the party stands behind the
withdrawal and dropping of these nationalities has grossly violated the
Constitution and the law and openly infringed on the rights and values
of the UAE citizens. In this case, all legal actions to confront this
injustice would be fundamental; spanning from filing lawsuits before UAE
courts to sharing the complaint with the freemen worldwide and
universal human rights defenders, in addition to addressing the
humanitarian side of the leading elite in the state which is so ample
and wouldn’t be harmed by mischievous parties and persons. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 17px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">It’s
more urgent today to call the leadership (the UAE President, Vice
President and the Supreme Council of the Federal Union) to lift the
injustice happened against these citizens, and keeping the mischievous
hands away from gambling with the fate and rights of the state and its
citizens; otherwise to issue a reasoned decree according to the
constitutional traditions by the Supreme Council deciding the withdrawal
of the citizenship of this group.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 17px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">It
seems that it’s the Emiratis’ ill fate to witness successive waves of
diminution of their rights. Having the action of the five detainees and
its consequences ended up, a new more aggressive one acted on ground
(Stripping of the nationalities). We will not spare any effort to
legally abolish this decision and rendering the rights of citizenship to
their owners, in accordance with their constitutional, and legal rights
and in virtue of the rules of humanity and its consequent basic rights
and freedoms that can not be messed up by any party whatsoever.</span></div>
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</div>uae7http://www.blogger.com/profile/06778139056840849858noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2804709781416395151.post-87601936698888469152012-02-12T21:47:00.001-08:002012-02-12T21:47:35.231-08:00Sit-in opposite London UAE embassy counteracting restriction of public
freedoms in UAESit-in opposite London UAE embassy counteracting restriction of public freedoms in UAE<br />
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Express News<br />
Wednesday, 8 February 2012<br />
London – QudsPress<br />
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Emirati and Arab students organized on Wednesday 8/2/2012 a protest in front of the Embassy of the United Arab Emirates in the British capital, London, remonstrating the "restrictions enforced on public freedoms in the UAE," and denunciating the act by UAE authorities stripping seven Emirati citizens of their nationalities, on the background of their demands for reform .<br />
The protestors called upon the UAE authorities "to repeal the decisions recently taken for restricting public freedoms and violating human rights as well as infringing the human dignity; that are absolutely embodied in the confiscation of most of the working non-profit organizations and changing their elected boards of directors and putting them all under the guardianship of the authorities". The protestors drew the attention to the fact that these decisions harmed a number of associations, including teachers and bar associations along with the Association of Reform and Social Guidance, Student Union, New Muslim Care Society, Social Guidance Association and Fishermen's Association added to some Qur’anic institutes and other student organizations.<br />
The protestors distributed publications to the public in which they figured out that their protest in front of the embassy also for denunciating the UAE authorities’ decision to strip seven UAE citizens of their nationalities, arguing that "this exposes them and their families to the most inhuman punishments, i.e., stripping of identity."<br />
They elaborated that stripping the seven citizens of their nationalities was accompanied by a freeze on all things related to their circles of interests, and periling the interests of their families and children under the same decree. Added to their passion due to this decision, they cannot work in the public and private sectors, all their salaries and real-estate properties frozen, and commercial licenses, identity cards, driving licenses, medical treatment cards and passports have been all withdrawn along with other papers. Worth mentioning, all these episodes of tragedy happened on the background of a petition filed by Emirati elite to the President of the UAE in the past year calling for a fully-fledged national assembly."<br />
The student protesters affirmed they will continue in their protest in front of the UAE embassy in London, while the option of expanding these protests will be on board, "unless the UAE authorities decline their decisions, and rehabilitate all those affected by these draconian decisions," they said.<br />
Vienna-based “Friends of Humanity International” has earlier considered the decision removing the UAE citizenship from six Emirati citizens, "of the UAE most public figures known for their reformative attitudes" an illegal step involving "a gross violation of international human rights covenants."<br />
Whereas the Istanbul-based International Islamic Federation of Student Organizations (IIFSO) expressed its serious concern regarding the decision of the UAE authorities to withdraw citizenships from six public figures, appealing the UAE President Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan for rapid intervention to resolve that injustice done against those " prominent thinkers, reform advocates and leaders of opinion," adding that a "human injustice" such that would tarnish the reputation of the UAE.uae7http://www.blogger.com/profile/06778139056840849858noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2804709781416395151.post-30966357964193539702012-01-30T10:47:00.000-08:002012-01-30T10:47:07.964-08:00International Islamic Federation of Student Organizations (IIFSO) Statement<div dir="rtl" style="text-align: right;" trbidi="on">
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<span id="internal-source-marker_0.9406333447117425" style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: red; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 19px; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">An urgent appeal</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: red; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 19px; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: red; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 19px; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">regarding the withdrawal of nationalities of some UAE</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: red; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 19px; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: red; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 19px; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">reforming scholars and preachers</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">We, in the </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">International Islamic Federation of Student Organizations (IIFSO)</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">,
received with great dismay and concern the media reports about the
withdrawal of national citizenships from a number of Emirati public
figures, scholars, preachers and reform advocates by the government of
the United Arab Emirates.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">We
then shared a thought with many observers that there is something wrong
either in the news itself or a hasty bureaucratic action by state
employees has been already taken and would be corrected soon. We, and
some human rights organizations and freemen worldwide, waited a formal
denial to the news or that bureaucratic error being corrected, but
nothing happened until the release of this statement and therefore we
direct this letter to the following: </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Firstly,
we appeal His Highness Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, President of
the United Arab Emirates, to quickly intervene to stop this offensive
action which tarnishes primarily the reputation of the United Arab
Emirates in the international community. We, all, cannot accept any
abuse to this decent country and rulers whom we respect. Thereupon, we
hope the official and legal positions to be consistent with the good
fabric of Emirati community, not to mention this nation’s best sons of
the reform advocates who promoted the love of this country to us and
others.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Secondly,
to human rights institutions in the world to shoulder their
responsibilities and activate their legal instruments for the treatment
of this human tragedy. In the time the winds of freedom and the Arab
spring flooding the Arab region, we have been surprised with decision
taken in contrary to the international laws and norms against a group of
reformists and thinkers on the background of their demands for
reforming state institutions.</span></div>
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to all States and international institutions: We urge you as an
international federation, representing millions of students and youth
around the world, to intervene to lift the injustice done to the
advocates of reform. The modern states and effective institutions should
be more practically faithful to the banners of freedom, democracy and
human rights which they lift everywhere.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Fourthly,
to all youth institutions and student unions in the world: The least we
should do at this point is to promote the fairness of this cause and to
work institutionally and individually in calling out the elites,
opinion makers and human rights and civil society institutions in the
world to assume their responsibility to end the injustice against those
advocates of reform and their families; with an emphasis in all our
requests to respect the leadership and people of UAE along with strong
condemnation and denunciation of this tyrannical procedure.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">And
finally, to this constellation of thinkers and opinion who have been
exposed to this unjust procedure: we would take the same position with
you with the same enthusiasm even if you are not callers for reform
because we treat on humanitarian background. What you face now is a
cheap price compared to the great roles you exert to educate and support
your fellow citizens in UAE as well as the Arabs and Muslims
everywhere; and your positive fingerprints in the Islamic centers
worldwide are the best proofs for that. If the decision-maker were fair,
they would give you the Medal of Honor of the first class which is
considered a normal reward for those who raise the flags of the homeland
and religion in all forums ... But Allah, the Judge and the Justice, is
above all rewarding everyone by what he deserves.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Be more patient and tolerant.... along with every </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 15px; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">hardship</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> is relief, Verily, along with </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 15px; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">hardship</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> is relief <br class="kix-line-break" /></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 15px; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">The men who have been stripped of nationalities are as following:</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Sheikh Mohammad Abdul Razak Al-Sediq / Member of the International Union for Muslim Scholars</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Dr. Ali Hussain Al-Hammadi / Chairman of the Center for Creative Thinking</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Dr. Shahin Abdullah Al-Haosni / Expert of Libraries and Information</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Mr. Hussein Munif Al-Jabri / Academic and Educational Expert</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Mr. Hassan Munif Al-Jabri / Founder and an Expert in Charity Work</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Mr. Ahmed Ghaith Al-Suwaidi/ Educational Expert</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 15px; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Some human rights international conventions which are contravened by the decree:</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">"State
shouldn’t withdraw the national citizenship of any person, unless the
person concerned possesses or acquires the nationality of another
country." Article VII of the 1954 United Nations Convention on the
Status of Stateless Persons</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">"The
Signatory country shouldn’t use the authority of withdrawing
citizenships but by the rule of the law, which guarantees the person
concerned the right to a fair trial before an independent judiciary or
any other body." Article VIII of the 1954 United Nations Convention on
the Status of Stateless Persons </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: red; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 19px; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">UAE: The UAE Authorities Should Repeal Withdrawal of Nationality of 6 Reform Advocates</span></div>
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– The Gulf Centre for Human Rights expresses deep concern over the
decision issued by the authorities in the United Arab Emirates to
withdraw nationality from six advocates of reform who are:</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Sheikh Mohammad Abdul Razak Al-Sediq / Member of the International Union of Muslim Scholars</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Dr. Ali Hussain Al-Hammadi / Chairman of the Center for Creative Thinking</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Dr. Shahin Abdullah Al-Haosni / Expert of Libraries and Information</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Mr. Hussein Munif Al-Jabri / Academic and Educational Expert </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Mr. Hassan Munif Al-Jabri / Founder and an Expert in Charity Work</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Mr. Ibrahim Hassan Al-Marzouqi / Learning and Educational Professor </span></div>
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<a name='more'></a><br class="kix-line-break" /> This decision explicitly contradicts <span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 15px; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Article 15 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">, <br class="kix-line-break" />which states:</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Everyone has the right to a nationality. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">No one shall be arbitrarily deprived of his nationality.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> Also, the ruling is not in line with the content of </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 15px; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Article 2 of the Declaration</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">, <br class="kix-line-break" />which
states that: ”Everyone is entitled to all the rights and freedoms set
forth in this Declaration, without distinction of any kind, such as
race, colour, sex, language, religion, political or other opinion,
national or social origin, property, birth or other status.”</span><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> The
repressive natures of the decision to withdraw the nationalities has
invalidated the legal entitlements of the 6 law-abiding citizens and
strongly contradict the content of Article 6 of the above-mentioned
Declaration, which confirmed that: “Everyone has the right to
recognition everywhere as a person before the law.”</span><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">The decree to withdraw their nationality has been described by the 6 advocates of reform <br class="kix-line-break" />in
a statement they issued on December 20, 2011 as: Invasive procedure,
illegal and contrary to basic human rights, the Constitution and law of
the State.</span><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> Mr.
Nabeel Rajab, director of the Gulf Centre for Human Rights said “this
decree is a continuation of the trend of targeting activists by the
government of the UAE.” He added “the UAE government should comply with
the human rights treaties and stop its repressive procedures against all
activists immediately.”</span><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">The
Gulf Centre for Human Rights strongly believes that this unfair ruling
is linked to the fact that the six advocates of reforms are members of
the “Association of Reform and Social Guidance” whose board of director
was dissolved, where the members brought a case to the competent courts
to consider lifting the ban on them. Also, the Centre believes that this
illegal ruling is linked to the signing by some of them to the reform
petition, directed at the UAE Head of State in March 2011, which called
for reforms in the legislature, through a proper election of the
National Council and to allow it to perform its role and powers in full.</span><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">The
Gulf Centre for Human Rights calls on the UAE government to revoke this
unjust decision immediately, and re-recognize the full legal
entitlements of the six reform advocates. </span><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> Please write immediately in English or in Arabic:</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">To urge the authorities in the UAE to revoke this unjust decree immediately and unconditionally;</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">To
express your refusal to the severe suppression of the legitimate
people’s rights, in particular the activists, such as freedom of
expression, assembly, and association by the UAE authorities despite
their claim to have the desire to build a modern state.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline;"> Please Send Appeals now To:</span><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; color: red; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> Vice-President and Prime Minister</span><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; color: red; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">H.H. Sheikh Mohammad Bin Rashid Al-Maktoum</span><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> Office of the Prime Minister:</span><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">POB 2838, Dubai, UAE</span><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Fax: +971 4 3531974</span><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">E-mail: </span><a href="mailto:info@primeministre.ae"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: blue; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline;">info@primeministre.ae</span></a><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; color: red; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Interior</span><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; color: red; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">H.H. Sheikh Saif Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan</span><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Minister of Interior, Human Rights Directorate</span><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">POB 398, Abu Dhabi, UAE</span><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Fax: +971 2 4414938 </span><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"></span><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: red; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Minister of Foreign Affairs</span><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; color: red; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">H.H. Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahya</span><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">POB 1, Abu Dhabi, UAE</span><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Fax: +971 2 4447766</span><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; color: red; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Minister of Justice</span><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; color: red; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">His Excellency Dr. Hadef Jawa'an Al Dhaheri</span><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Minister of Justice</span><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">POB 753, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates</span><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Email: </span><a href="mailto:moj@uae.gov.ae"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: blue; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline;">moj@uae.gov.ae</span></a><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Fax: +971 2 681 5155</span><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">For more information, please contact:</span><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> Bahrain: Nabeel Rajab (Arabic and English) +973-396-333-99</span><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Lebanon: Khalid Ibrahim (Arabic and English) </span><a href="about:blank"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: blue; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline;">+961-701-595-52</span></a><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 15px; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> The
Gulf Centre for Human Rights is an independent centre and has been
registered in Ireland. The Centre works to strengthen support for human
rights defenders and independent journalists in Bahrain, Iraq, Kuwait,
Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates and Yemen.</span></div>
</div>uae7http://www.blogger.com/profile/06778139056840849858noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2804709781416395151.post-30943746595503979632012-01-30T10:44:00.000-08:002012-01-30T10:44:20.606-08:00Sawaseya Centre for Human Rights and Anti-Discrimination Statement<div dir="rtl" style="text-align: right;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: red; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 19px; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Sawaseya: Nationality Withdrawal from 6 UAE Citizens Contravenes Global Conventions and Treaties</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 17px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Sawaseya Centre for Human Rights and Anti-Discrimination</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 17px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">
expresses its deep surprise regarding the extreme decision of the UAE
authorities to strip 6 Emirati citizens from their national
citizenships. Those men are as follows: Hussein Munif Abdullah Hassan Al
Jabri, Hassan Munif Abdullah Hassan Al Jabri, Ibrahim Hassan Ali Hassan
Al Marzouqi, Shaheen Abdullah Mal-Allah Haidar Al Hosni , Ali Hussein
Ahmed Ali Al Hammadi, and Mohamed Abdul-Raziq Mohammad Siddiq
Al-Obaidli. The UAE government claimed that they represent a threat to
the national security, as well as accusing them of having close links to
regional and international organizations and figures who are included
in the UN lists of Combating the Financing of Terrorism; punishing
activists demanding political reform in their country in this way is
considered as a rare and never-witnessed step in the Arab world for five
decades ago.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 17px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">The
Centre adds that although the United Arab Emirates is regarded among
the few Arab countries which have not experienced unrest and political
turmoil and the Arab spring has not yet put a thumbprint there, it’s
oddly noticed the government did not tolerate any opposition to the
regime and issued deterrent penalties for those who advocate political
reform in the country.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 17px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">The
centre asserts that the claim of the UAE authorities that the
withdrawal of national citizenship was based on Article 16 of the
Nationality Law No. 17/1972, which provides for the withdrawal of the
nationality of those whosoever commits (or being involved or engaged in)
an act endangers state security and safety is considered inharmonious
with international norms and conventions on human rights which state –
according to the Article VII of United Nations Convention regarding the
Status of Stateless Persons issued in December 1954 - that "State
shouldn’t withdraw the national citizenship of any person, unless the
person concerned possesses or acquires the nationality of another
country." The Article VIII of the same convention adds that "The
Contacting countries shouldn’t use the authority of withdrawing
citizenships but by the rule of the law, which guarantees the person
concerned the right to a fair trial before an independent judiciary or
any other body."</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 17px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">The
Article IX of the same convention provides that the Contracting
countries have not the right “to strip any person or any group of
persons of their nationality due to racial, ethnic, religious or
political reasons."</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 17px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Added
to this the Articles 15 and 24 of the Universal Declaration of Human
Rights and the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights
which stipulates that "Everyone has the right of national citizenship,
as it’s not allowed to arbitrarily deprive anyone from his/her
nationality nor enforce him/her to change nationality.”</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 17px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">In
addition, the text of Article 26 of the International Covenant on Civil
and Political Rights states: "All persons are equal before the law and
are entitled without any discrimination to the equal protection of the
law."</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 17px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">In
this regard, the local law should prohibit any kind of discrimination
and guarantee to all persons equal and effective protection against
discrimination on any ground such as race, color, sex, language,
religion, political and apolitical opinions, national and social origin,
property, birth or any other reasons.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 17px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">So,
Sawaseya Centre stresses that comprehensive and common dialoguing over
political crises is the best way to expel any likelihood of massive
political crises which are considered the embers of revolutionary
breakouts and give the masses a justification to topple authoritarian
governments which monopolized the political arenas and blocked the doors
of political competition for decades.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 17px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">The
Centre confirms that the great economic rise the UAE witnesses these
days, which is considered a benchmark for pride of all the Arab peoples
and societies, require political renaissance, so as the future
generations being enabled to preserve and protect the UAE and
participating in pushing the wheel of progress and prosperity ahead.
Thereupon, the authorities have to absorb all patriotic political trends
in the country, and not to resort to any emotional decisions, which
would be detrimental to the march of security and stability of the UAE.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 17px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Therefore,
the Center calls the UAE authorities to reconsider their own decisions
decreeing the withdrawal of citizenship of those honest citizens, and to
resort to legal customary methods in dealing with those issues when
they are found guilty of any violations that harm the security of the
homeland.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 17px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">The
Centre calls upon the Egyptian Foreign Ministry to talk to the
authorities of the UAE, in terms of its regional role, to re-examine the
issue and adopt a rational approach that preserves the UAE's security
and stability.</span></div>
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Finally, Sawaseya Centre calls upon the League of Arab States to
intermediate with the UAE authorities to lift the injustice done to
those good citizens who are contributing to the progress and development
of UAE society by urging the Emirati government to re-think the
decisions of stripping the national citizenships of those citizens.</span></div>
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</div>uae7http://www.blogger.com/profile/06778139056840849858noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2804709781416395151.post-10483228252509347082012-01-30T10:42:00.000-08:002012-01-30T10:42:26.012-08:00Friends of Humanity International Organization Statement<div dir="rtl" style="text-align: right;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0f243e; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 24px; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline;">Withdrawing Citizenship from UAE citizens… </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 17px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">The
government of the United Arab Emirates has withdrawn the citizenships
of six Emirati citizens who are public figures in their homeland
striving for better reforms. Depriving these citizens from their civil
rights of citizenship is being considered an unprecedented step and an
aggressive violation to the UAE commitments in the domain of human
rights. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 17px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 17px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Since
Friends of Humanity International Organization totally condemns this
decision, it confirms that such decision is unauthorized or legalized
locally or globally as it contradicts with the commitments of human and
civil rights that can never been justified.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 17px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 17px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">This unjustified Decision has targeted the following UAE citizens:</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 17px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Ahmed Ghaith Al-Suwaidi</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 17px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Hassan Munif Al Jabri</span></div>
</li>
<li style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: disc; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><div dir="ltr" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-right: 36pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;">
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 17px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Hussein Munif Al Jabri</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 17px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Dr. Shahin Abdullah Al Hosni</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 17px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Dr. Ali Hussain Al Hammadi</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 17px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Muhammad Abdul-Raziq As-Siddiq</span></div>
</li>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 17px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Meanwhile,
The UAE Official News Agency (WAM) has revealed via an official
resource in the General Department of Citizenship, Residency and Ports
that Shaikh Khalifa Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, President of UAE, has issued a
decree No. 2-1-7857 in December 4th 2011 that withdrew the UAE national
citizenship from the above mentioned citizens due to their “involvement
in dangerous activities against the Emirates Peace and Security”.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 17px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 17px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">The
statement declared that those citizens were engaged in actions that
threat National Security and stability since years through their
suspicious relationship with suspicious individuals and organizations
that are enlisted in the UN black list of Combating Financing of
Terrorism.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 17px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 17px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">But,
however, the enhancing impression uncovers that such a decision of
depriving and withdrawing Citizenship comes as a punishment step against
their Reforming Demands as well as their membership in an NGO
”Association for Reform and Social Guidance” whose doors were shut down
by Authorities and its activities have been restricted. Relatively, some
of those deprived citizens have filed some demands in a petition handed
to the leadership of the UAE which asks for more legislative reforms
and widening the authorities of the legislative in addition to calls for
enhancing accountability, transparency and fighting of corruption. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 17px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 17px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Hence,
The International Declaration of Human rights states in Article No. 15.
"Every person has the right to have a citizenship and it is not
authorized by anyway to deprive anybody or withdraw his/her national
citizenship." Moreover, the United Nations Convention 1954 on stateless
persons provides that "Authorities are not allowed to withdraw a
citizenship from any citizen except when this person has another
citizenship in another country." "The contracted state with such citizen
is not allowed to decide denaturalization except by the order of law
which grants every single citizen the right of fair trial before a court
or another independent body." As well, the convention states: "It is
not allowed to any authority to deprive or withdraw a national
citizenship from any citizens due to ethnical, racial, religious or
political causes." (Articles: 7, 8, 9). </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 17px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 17px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Hereby,
Friends of Humanity International asks the UAE Authorities to review
this illegal decision that represents a big violation which can never
been accepted or justified worldwide. The organization also calls upon
the leadership of the UAE and president Shaikh Khalifa Bin Zaid Al
Nahyan, his vice-president Shaikh Mohamed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum , the </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 17px; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Federal</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 17px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> Supreme </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 17px; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Council</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 17px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">
of Emirates Governors and The federal government to quickly handle this
abuse and cancel any unjustified decision issued in this regard that
deprive UAE citizens from their national civil rights.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 17px; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Vienna, January 4, 2012</span></div>
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</div>uae7http://www.blogger.com/profile/06778139056840849858noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2804709781416395151.post-64004244289876978142012-01-30T10:35:00.001-08:002012-01-30T10:35:50.993-08:00The "Federation of Islamic Organizations in Europe" Statement<div dir="rtl" style="text-align: right;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0f243e; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 24px; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline;">Withdrawal of the citizenship of UAE figures… </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0f243e; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 24px; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline;">a surprising step requires revisit</span></div>
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0f243e; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 24px; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline;"></span><br /><div dir="ltr" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 36pt;">
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 17px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">The
"Federation of Islamic Organizations in Europe" received with great
surprise the reports around the withdrawal of citizenship of six public
figures in the United Arab Emirates.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 17px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">We
were actually shocked because these public figures are known with good
reputation, eminent social status and high respect within the UAE and
abroad. Those men are symbols of the rising UAE society, and from the
Emirati intellectual elite whose national and humanitarian positions are
indisputable along with their prominence in scientific, academic and
educational aspects and in social service as a whole that is already
decided. Those pioneers, have been actually known within the ranks of
the best delegates for the UAE and its people wherever they in the
world, due to their cultural and social appearances.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 17px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">These injustices inflicted the following elite men:</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 17px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Sheikh Muhammad Abdul-Raziq As-Siddiq</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 17px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">, member of the International Union of Muslim Scholars, </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 17px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Dr. Ali Hussain Al Hammadi</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 17px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">, president of the Center of Creative Thinking</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 19px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">, </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 17px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Dr. Shahin Abdullah Al Hosni</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 17px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">, an expert in library and information sciences</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 19px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">, </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 17px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Mr. Hussein Munif Al Jabri</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 17px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">, a pedagogical and educational expert</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 19px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">, </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 17px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Mr. Hassan Munif Al Jabri</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 17px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">, a founder and an expert in charities</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 19px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">, </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 17px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Mr. Ahmed Ghaith Al-Suwaidi</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 17px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">, an educational expert</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 17px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">That
odd move is going irregular with the march of UAE and its reputation in
any way, nor being consistent with the solicitude of the country which
includes all its subjects, and contrary to the obligations of the state
regarding the fundamental rights of individuals; topped by the
guaranteeing of citizenship whether the reasons were.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 17px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">There
is no doubt that this step of dropping the nationalities requires
urgent review, in line with the wisdom of the leadership of the United
Arab Emirates and its stated commitment to justice, equity and
guaranteeing the rights of citizenship to the citizens of this ancient
country without discrimination at all. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 17px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">We
in the "Federation of Islamic Organizations in Europe" expect that the
responsible bodies in the UAE to review that regrettable move which is
painful for all the friends of the UAE around the world, and to revisit
this unjust decision and every other violations and abuses which damage
the reputation of this rising country. It's most recommended for the
government of United Arab Emirates to rehabilitate and honor these
public figures as well as take advantage of their positive energies in
the march of progress and prosperity.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 17px; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Brussels, December 29, 2011</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 17px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><br class="kix-line-break" /></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 21px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Federation of Islamic Organizations in Europe</span></div>
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</div>uae7http://www.blogger.com/profile/06778139056840849858noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2804709781416395151.post-7422927590955219522012-01-30T10:34:00.000-08:002012-02-06T05:21:03.749-08:00The Arab Youth Association in Europe Statement<div dir="rtl" style="text-align: right;" trbidi="on">
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<span id="internal-source-marker_0.5758961950255118" style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 20px; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">H.E. The Ambassador of the United Arab Emirates to Britain, Mr. Abdul-Rahman Ghanem Al Mutaiwee….</span></div>
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The Arab Youth Association in Europe Would like to express its deep
regret and concern regarding the decisions taken by Your government
which are all contrary to entire global norms and conventions that
preserve human right of expression and calling for reform as well as
protect the right of citizenship and work and keeping all of these
rights untouched or being threaten..</span></div>
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The withdrawal of citizenship and all forms of identity from six
Emirati advocates of reform is being considered a very dangerous step
that may tarnish the history and reputation of the UAE and would open
the door to litigations by hundreds of thousands of expatriates living
in the UAE from both the Arabs and non-Arabs. In the light of these
violations against the six reformists listed below <span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">:</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 17px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Sheikh Muhammad Abdul-Raziq As-Siddiq</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 17px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Dr. Ali Hussain Al Hammadi</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 17px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Mr. Ahmed Ghaith Al-Suwaidi</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 17px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Mr. Hussein Munif Al Jabri</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 17px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Mr. Hassan Munif Al Jabri</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 17px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Mr</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 17px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">. Shahin Abdullah Al Hosni</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 17px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">The
Arab Youth Association in Europe will undertake the following series of
actions to expose these inhumane practices as follows:</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 17px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Advertising in Arab and foreign newspapers and publications to explain these violations in Britain, Europe and the U.S.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 17px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Campaigning
for collecting signatures and distributing leaflets in the vicinity of
the UAE embassy in London and seeking permission from the British police
to establish an outdoor advertising panel in front of the embassy to
explain the dimensions of this issue by activists.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 17px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> Sending messages to all members of the House of Commons.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 17px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Engaging all Arab and Western human rights organizations to reveal the dimensions of this issue to them.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 17px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Calling
on all Arab and non-Arab expatriates in the UAE to sue the UAE
government to get their rights of citizenship according to the
regulations of human rights guaranteed by all international conventions
as well as discussing ways to entitle Western institutions to adopt this
issue before European and international courts.</span></div>
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above steps will be the first fruits of our work against these unfair
decisions and the campaign began and will not stop unless the rights
were returned, and the six reformists restore their jobs and passports
and citizenship.</span></div>
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</div>uae7http://www.blogger.com/profile/06778139056840849858noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2804709781416395151.post-43647322474875292472012-01-30T10:24:00.001-08:002012-02-06T05:20:26.282-08:00The Second statement of UAE'S 7 citizens<div dir="rtl" style="text-align: right;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 21px; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">In the name of Allah, the Most Merciful, the Beneficent</span></div>
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be to Allah and prayers and peace be upon the best of God's creations,
our Prophet Muhammad, along with his family and righteous companions.
And then:</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 17px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">We,
Emirati advocates of reform who have been deprived of their
nationalities, face now false charges and fabricated accusations,
attributed to an official source in the </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 17px; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">General Department of Citizenship, Residency and Ports</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 17px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">,
accuses us of threatening the national security of our nation and
engagement with suspicious regional and international organizations and
figures, as well as alleging some of us are linked to organizations and
associations enrolled on the UN lists of </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 17px; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Combating the Financing of Terrorism</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 17px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> (</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 17px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">CFT</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 17px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">).
These false accusations against us are pure fabrications we redundantly
heard from the corrupt security services agents and unfaithful
prosecutors everywhere in the countries of tyranny and dictatorship
which have been all thrown into the dustbin of history. There is no
doubt that these accusations added more credibility to what we have
mentioned in our previous statement regarding the unfairness of these
charges which have been denounced by all legal and human rights
institutions, international and regional organizations and the
dignitaries at home and abroad in the last few days. This is because we
are just advocates of reform belonging to the Association of Reform
& Social Guidance in this beloved country, in addition to demanding
reform of the legislative authority of the state's poor
Advisory-Legislative body, which is not commensurate with the level of
cultural, scientific and mental level of our compatriots and the
historic march of our country nor suits the Arab and Gulf environments.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 17px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Regarding
their linking of some of the signatories of this statement to
suspicious organizations and associations on the UN lists of Combating
the Financing of Terrorism, it appears they mean donations and grants
provided by our blessed people to the people of Palestine, especially
those submitted to the oppressed Palestinians besieged in Gaza. We and
our people of the UAE are proud of this charitable work given to our
people in Gaza. We are really proud of Gaza and its heroes, who opened a
blank page in the Arab and Muslim record of dignity. May Allah reward
them on behalf of the Arab and Islamic nation the best of HIS rewards.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 17px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">In
a statement also attributed to the same source, he said we were
originally holding nationalities of other countries and that the
competent authorities gave us the nationality by naturalization. This is
a pure lie and mislead, because we are in our beloved country before
the establishment of the Federation, and we held the passports of the
emirates we affiliate to, although the nationality of our country was
given to us at the beginning of the State of the Federation unjustly by
means of naturalization. Many strenuous efforts done by the heads of our
tribes to lift this injustice and finally ended successful and a
modification was made to gain citizenship by the rule of law. The
procedures of withdrawing nationalities were executed despite the
written legal confirmation in the nationality column that we had gained
nationality by rule of the law. We invite people of all tribes which
gained citizenship in this way to stand with us and be standing with the
fundamental right which has been acquired as to ward off any discord
between our fellow citizens, after forty years of the Union. This unfair
and illegal precedent will be a precedent which comes as a stumbling
block in front of more than 50% of the nation's capita to nominate
themselves in any coming legislative elections, claiming that we have
gained citizenship in terms of naturalization rather than by the rule of
law; despite this historical error has been corrected in the state
registers. (Not to mention the personal details related to every one of
the undersigned in this case).</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 17px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 17px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">The source said: (</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 16px; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">The 16</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 10px; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: super;">th</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 16px; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">
article of the Nationality Law No. 17 /1972 and the amended law states
that the citizenship of a naturalized citizen should be withdrew "when
he commits an action (or being engaged in it) that risks the integrity
of state security</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 17px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">).
We believe this law should be amended and this text should be
rescinded, because the text is too loose to give an authority to those
whosoever want to drop the nationality of any citizen. We restate that
our nationalities have been withdrawn at first; heedless to the legal
registers which enroll us as citizen via rule of law (so, we weren't
neutralized in the time our nationalities dropped). Secondly, we did
never commit/engage in any work that dangers the integrity of state
security; those are pure unevidenced charges.</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 17px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 17px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">we conclude restating that we trust in Allah first, then in the wisdom of His Royal Highness </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 17px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 17px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">, President of the State, and his fellow </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 17px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">members of the Federal Supreme Council of the rulers of the Emirates</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 17px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">, and the wisdom of His Highness </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 17px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 17px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">, Vice-President and Prime Minister, to stop this injustice and repeal this aggression against the Emirati citizens.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 17px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">God
save our country, our people and our society from all evils, and
provide us with sustainable security, safety, stability, intimacy, love
and brotherhood in Allah, and make our country high in the skies in
protecting the rights and raising the white flag of right in the world.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 17px; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">May Allah bless our Prophet Muhammad, his Family and Companions</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #17365d; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 17px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Sheikh Muhammad Abdul-Raziq As-Siddiq</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 17px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">, member of the International Union of Muslim Scholars</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #17365d; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 17px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Dr. Ali Hussain Al Hammadi</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 17px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">, president of the Center of Creative Thinking</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #17365d; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 17px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Dr. Shahin Abdullah Al Hosni</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 17px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">, expert in library and information sciences</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #17365d; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 17px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Mr. Hussein Munif Al Jabri</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 17px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">, pedagogical and educational expert</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #17365d; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 17px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Mr. Hassan Munif Al Jabri</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 17px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">, founder and an expert in charities</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #17365d; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 17px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Mr. Ibrahim Hassan Al-Marzouqi</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 17px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">, teacher and pedagogue </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #17365d; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 17px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Mr. Ahmed Ghaith Al-Suwaidi</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 17px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">, educational expert</span></div>
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</div>uae7http://www.blogger.com/profile/06778139056840849858noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2804709781416395151.post-82354527986131209132012-01-30T10:23:00.000-08:002012-02-06T05:18:38.442-08:00The First statement of UAE'S 7 citizens<div dir="rtl" style="text-align: right;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 19px; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">In the name of Allah, the Most Merciful, the Beneficent</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 16px; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><br class="kix-line-break" />Praise
be to Allah and prayers and peace be upon the best of God's creations,
our Prophet Muhammad, along with his family and righteous companions.
And then:</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 17px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">We,
the signatories of this statement, have been exposed to inequitable and
illegal procedure that is contrary to the essential human rights as
well as the state's constitution and legislations, which is the
withdrawal of our nationalities. Actually, the common factor between all
of us is our affiliation as reformists to the Association of Reform
& Social Guidance whose board of directors has been dissolved and,
as a reaction, a case has been filed for lifting the ban imposed on it;
the procedures of litigation are still underway. In addition to this,
some of the undersigned have signed on a petition submitted to the
president of the state demands reformative procedures in the legislative
authority so as to prepare the climate for a wholesome parliamentary
election which brings about a parliament with full authorities later on.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 17px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">As
we issue this statement, we call on all parties, institutions,
associations, dignitaries and officials concerned with human rights,
both inside and outside the state, to stand with us in this human rights
case, which does not concern us alone, but revokes concern of all the
advocates of rights in this domain of activity as well as those who
would fell prey to this oppressive procedure in the future. In fact,
this case affects the present and the future of our state and its
reputation at the regional and international levels. But, we trust in
Allah first, then in the wisdom of HRH </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 17px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 17px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">, President of the State, and his fellow </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 17px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">members of the Federal Supreme Council of the rulers of the Emirates</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 17px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">, and the wisdom of His Highness </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 17px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 17px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">,
Vice-President and Prime Minister, to stop this unjust action and
responded to this aggression against the citizens of the state. We call
for prompt cancellation of these oppressive measures against the
advocates of reform in the state, and save the destiny of their
families, wives and children, as well as the reformist institutions, all
Islamic Da'wahs, defenders of rights and the freemen nationwide.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 17px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">It
is enough abuse for the state and its people along with its reputation
internally, regionally and internationally, to be tarnished by
unpatriotic corrupt leaders and advisers in the state security
apparatus, who weave a spider-web of evils, sow the seeds of discord,
and make enemies at home and abroad. We trust in God first, then the
wisdom of the President and his crown-prince and rulers, to remove this
malignant tumor in this apparatus, to save our country from the
destinies of the revolutionary states in the regions due to the
accumulation of these tumors in the security apparatuses of those
countries. God save our country, our people and our society from all
evils, and provide us with sustainable security, safety, stability,
intimacy, love and brotherhood in Allah, and make our country high in
the skies in protecting the rights and raising the white flag of right
in the world.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 17px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">May Allah bless our Prophet Muhammad, his Family and Companions</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">25 Muharram 1433 AH – 20 December 2011 AC</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #17365d; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 17px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Sheikh Muhammad Abdul-Raziq As-Siddiq</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 17px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">, member of the International Union of Muslim Scholars</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #17365d; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 17px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Dr. Ali Hussain Al Hammadi</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 17px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">, president of the Center of Creative Thinking</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #17365d; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 17px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Dr. Shahin Abdullah Al</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 17px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #17365d; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 17px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Hosni</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 17px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">, expert in library and information sciences</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #17365d; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 17px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Mr. Hussein Munif Al Jabri</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 17px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">, pedagogical and educational expert</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #17365d; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 17px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Mr. Hassan Munif Al Jabri</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 17px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">, founder and an expert in charities</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #17365d; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 17px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Mr. Ibrahim Hassan Al-Marzouqi</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 17px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">, teacher and pedagogue</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #17365d; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 17px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Mr. Ahmed Ghaith Al-Suwaidi</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 17px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">, educational expert</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span></div>
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