“UAE94” detainee Abdullah al-Hajeri detained indefinitely under pretext of “rehabilitation needs”
Timeline
March 30, 2023: The WGAD adopts an Opinion recognising that his detention under the Munasaha regime is arbitrary and violates several provisions of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
September 7, 2022: MENA Rights Group and the Emirates Detainees Advocacy Center seize the Working Group on Arbitrary Detention (WGAD).
August 18, 2022: Together with the Emirates Detainees Advocacy Center, MENA Rights Group requests the intervention of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders and the Special Rapporteur on counter-terrorism and human rights to urge Emirati authorities to release him unconditionally.
April 15, 2021: MENA Rights Group refers his case to the Secretary-General on intimidation and reprisals for cooperation with the UN in the field of human rights.
July 2019: al-Hajeri finishes his seven-year prison sentence. However, on the pretext of “rehabilitation needs”, he is currently still held at Al Razeen prison under the “counselling” regime regulated by the Counter-Terrorism Law and the Munasaha Centre Law.
July 2, 2013: al-Hajeri is sentenced to seven years’ imprisonment.
March 4, 2013: al-Hajeri’s trial before the State Security Chamber within the Federal Supreme Court in Abu Dhabi begins.
July 16, 2012: al-Hajeri is arrested.
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