Category Archives: United Arab Emirates
Yemen Reports
Gender-Based Violence in Yemen: A War Weapon Ignored
The conflict in Yemen has seen a horrifying increase in gender-based violence (GBV). This troubling [...]
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Briefing Papers Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia’s digital rights hypocrisy
The intersection of human rights and digital rights has become increasingly critical as digital technologies [...]
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Countries GCC Member States Qatar Reports Saudi Arabia United Arab Emirates
Gulf Sovereign Wealth Fund Investment in Western Sports Teams
Introduction The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries have notoriously been accused of sportswashing, a tactic [...]
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Countries Bahrain GCC Member States Kuwait Oman Qatar Reports Saudi Arabia United Arab Emirates
Gender discrimination in the GCC country’s citizenship nationality laws
Summary How is citizenship passed to children in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries? Do [...]
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Saudi Arabia Briefing Papers
Behind the Curtain: Saudi Arabia’s Strategic Image Makeover
Introduction Whitewashing is a practice employed by organizations, governments, and individuals to gloss over or [...]
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UAE: Police Find Truck with 18 People Being Trafficked Across the Border
On 10 September 2019, UAE security forces prevented eighteen migrants from being smuggled clandestinely in [...]
Sep
United Arab Emirates: Human rights defender Osama AlNajjar Released
Authorities in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) have freed activist and political prisoner Osama AlNajjar [...]
Aug
UAE: prominent activist Abdul Rahman Bin Sobeih Al-Suwaidi has been released after being forced to deny mistreatment in prison
On 16 June 2019, President of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) Sheikh Khalifa Bin Zayed [...]
Jun