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

Index AI : MDE 25/003/2007
Date de publication : 5 octobre 2007
Catégorie(s) : Moyen-Orient et Afrique du Nord, Émirats arabes unis

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.