“UAE94” detainee Mansour al-Ahmadi, formerly disappeared, facing new charges under the counter-terrorism law
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-Ahmadi’s trial before the Abu Dhabi Federal Court of Appeal starts, as part of a new mass trial.
December 1, 2023: Al-Ahmadi is able to call his family from an unidentified facility of the State Security Apparatus (SSA).
August 28, 2023: MENA Rights Group and the Emirates Detainee Advocacy Center (EDAC) request the urgent intervention of the UN Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances.
June 5, 2023: Al-Ahmadi receives a call to go to the office of State Security in Abu Dhabi for his periodic investigation.
April 2021: Al-Ahmadi is released two years after the completion of his sentence.
June 3, 2020: MENA Rights Group submits an allegation letter to UN Special Procedures regarding the use of Munasaha centres, in which al-Ahmadi is detained.
October 13, 2019: Al-Ahmadi is supposed to be released.
July 2, 2013: Al-Ahmadi is sentenced to seven years in prison.
March 4, 2013: Al-Ahmadi’s trial before the State Security Chamber within the Federal Supreme Court in Abu Dhabi begins.
October 2012: Al-Ahmadi is arrested.
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