United Arab Emirates (UAE): Further information on incommunicado detention/fear of torture or ill-treatment: new concern: unfair trial: 'Abdullah Sultan al-Subaihat (m)

رقم الوثيقة: MDE 25/003/2007
تاريخ النشر: 5 أكتوبر 2007
التصنيفات: الشرق الأوسط وشمال إفريقيا, الإمارات العربية المتحدة

On 1 October, 'Abdullah Sultan al-Subaihat, aged 45, was sentenced to three years' imprisonment by the UAE's Federal Supreme Court in Abu Dhabi. His trial was unfair and he claims he was tortured in detention. Verdicts issued by the Federal Supreme Court cannot be appealed.