United Arab Emirates
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Following transnational repression by the UAE, including the detention and enforced disappearance of people handed over from abroad, and the cases of Emirati defenders.
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What we work on in the United Arab Emirates.
Civic Space & Freedoms
LatestMeta blocks human rights accounts from reaching audiences in Saudi Arabia and the UAE
Protection of Defenders
LatestOne year since the arrest of Abdulrahman Yusuf al-Qaradawi: a year of complicity, enforced disappearance, and diplomatic failure
Digital Rights & Civic Tech
Diaspora & Exile Engagement
Latest200 Days of Abdulrahman Yusuf’s Enforced Disappearance: Reveal His Whereabouts. Ensure His Safety. Release Him Now.
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May 2026
JOINT STATEMENTS
Dec 2025
JOINT STATEMENTS
Aug 2025
JOINT STATEMENTS
Jan 2025
JOINT STATEMENTS
Jan 2025
LETTER
Dec 2022
JOINT STATEMENTS
Defenders
Cases we follow.
Human rights defenders, journalists and lawyers whose cases in the United Arab Emirates we follow. Some people we document are not named here, for their safety.
Our publications on defenders.
Joint Statements
Meta blocks human rights accounts from reaching audiences in Saudi Arabia and the UAE
15 May 2026
Joint Statements
One year since the arrest of Abdulrahman Yusuf al-Qaradawi: a year of complicity, enforced disappearance, and diplomatic failure
28 Dec 2025
Joint Statements
200 Days of Abdulrahman Yusuf’s Enforced Disappearance: Reveal His Whereabouts. Ensure His Safety. Release Him Now.
5 Aug 2025
Joint Statements
Human Rights Groups Urge Disclosure of Abdulrahman Al-Qaradawi’s Fate, Demand His Release, and Call for Accountability for the UAE and Lebanon for His Physical and Mental Safety
11 Jan 2025
Letter
Joint Letter Calls for Urgent Congressional Action to Prevent Extradition of Abdel Rahman Youssef Al-Qaradawi
7 Jan 2025
Joint Statements
#FreeSherifOsman: #UAE must not extradite political commentator to Egypt, where he would face torture
19 Dec 2022Publications
Reports, statements, and analyses.
Meta blocks human rights accounts from reaching audiences in Saudi Arabia and the UAE
One year since the arrest of Abdulrahman Yusuf al-Qaradawi: a year of complicity, enforced disappearance, and diplomatic failure
200 Days of Abdulrahman Yusuf’s Enforced Disappearance: Reveal His Whereabouts. Ensure His Safety. Release Him Now.
Human Rights Groups Urge Disclosure of Abdulrahman Al-Qaradawi’s Fate, Demand His Release, and Call for Accountability for the UAE and Lebanon for His Physical and Mental Safety
Joint Letter Calls for Urgent Congressional Action to Prevent Extradition of Abdel Rahman Youssef Al-Qaradawi
#FreeSherifOsman: #UAE must not extradite political commentator to Egypt, where he would face torture
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