“UAE94” detainee Rashed Al Shamsi retried for new terrorism charges in the "UAE87" trial
Timeline
January 11, 2024: the fourth hearing takes place with no media coverage, with reports of torture according to EDAC.
December 19, 2023: MENA Rights Group and EDAC request the urgent intervention of the UN Special Rapporteur on counter-terrorism and human rights.
December 7, 2023: Al-Shamsi’s trial before the Abu Dhabi Federal Court of Appeal starts, as part of a new mass trial.
December 1, 2023: Al-Shamsi is able to call his family from an unidentified facility of the State Security Apparatus (SSA).
September 12, 2023: MENA Rights Group requests the urgent intervention of the UN Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances.
July 16, 2023: Al-Shamsi completes his 11-year prison sentence. However, he is not released.
June 12, 2023: Al-Shamsi makes his last phone call to his family from within Al Razeen prison.
July 2, 2013: Al-Shamsi is sentenced to 11 years’ imprisonment.
March 4, 2013: Al-Shamsi’s trial before the State Security Chamber within the Federal Supreme Court in Abu Dhabi begins.
July 16, 2012: Al-Shamsi is arrested.
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