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UAE: Human Rights Lawyer Abdulhamed AlKumaiti Arrested

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Ελληνικά · Ηνωμένα Αραβικά Εμιράτα: Σύλληψη δικηγόρου ανθρωπίνων δικαιωμάτων
Español · Emiratos Árabes Unidos: Arrestan a abogado de Derechos Humanos Abdulhamed AlKumaiti

Khalid Ibrahim reports: “#UAE:Prominent HR lawyer Abdulhamed AlKumaiti is targeted because he is as always ready to defend the civil &human rights of the detainees.” And Human Rights Watch executive director Kenneth Roth adds: “UAE strategy to keep 49 activists in prison: arrest their would-be lawyers too. Threat to national (aka govt) security.”

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