The UAE president has pardoned five activists on Monday (Nov 28) who were convicted a day earlier for insulting leaders of the UAE and who had been on hunger strike for two weeks, a relative of one of the five said, according to a Reuters report.
November 28, 2011 2:23
Five political activists convicted on Sunday of insulting the leaders of the United Arab Emirates were sentenced to between two and three years in jail.
November 27, 2011 1:38
The family of a blogger on trial for calling for political change in the United Arab Emirates has condemned what it calls a smear campaign against him and urged the government to try to rein in people calling for his death.
November 10, 2011 11:09
A hearing was held on Monday for five activists in the UAE charged with incitement and insulting the Gulf country's leadership, drawing criticism by a rights groups' representative over the lack of transparency.
September 27, 2011 12:45