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UAE dissident professor gets 10 years in jail over online activities
Mar 30, 2017 02:12The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has sentenced a dissident professor to 10 years in jail for his online activities.
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UN experts blast UAE over arrest of award-winning rights campaigner
Mar 28, 2017 09:22UN experts has warned that the United Arab Emirates' arrest of Ahmed Mansoor, an award-winning rights campaigner, has violated international law.
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UAE arrests prominent human rights activist
Mar 21, 2017 09:53Authorities in the United Arab Emirates have arrested an award-winning human rights activist pending an investigation for allegedly publishing “false information” and “sowing sedition and sectarianism” online, state media said.
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UAE summons Swiss ambassador over anti-Bahrain remarks
Mar 20, 2017 05:17The United Arab Emirates has summoned the Swiss ambassador over remarks made by Switzerland to the UN over the human rights situation in Bahrain.
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Iran rejects UAE claim of interference in Yemen
Mar 01, 2017 17:27Iran has dismissed as baseless claims by the United Arab Emirates that the Islamic Republic is involved in deepening the ongoing conflict in Yemen, stressing that the Saudi-led coalition, which includes the UAE, is accountable for the worsening situation in war-torn Yemen.
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UAE signs arms deals worth $5bn at Abu Dhabi exhibition
Feb 24, 2017 05:20The United Arab Emirates, a key partner in the bloody Saudi war on Yemen, has struck arms deals worth of over five billion dollars at an international exhibition of weapons and military equipment in Abu Dhabi.
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Somalia ‘plans to file legal complaint against UAE’ over Somaliland base
Feb 15, 2017 14:16Somalia’s internationally-backed government is reportedly planning to file a legal case against the rulers of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) for setting up a military base in the unrecognized breakaway republic of Somaliland.
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Iran dismisses UAE claims on interference in Arab countries’ affairs
Feb 04, 2017 16:56Iran has dismissed as groundless the recent claims made by the Emirati minister of state for foreign affairs about Tehran’s interference in the internal affairs of Arab countries.
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Emirati foreign minister: US president’s ban not against any religion
Feb 02, 2017 03:42The Emirati foreign minister has defended US President Donald Trump's decision to ban nationals of seven Muslim-majority countries from traveling to the United States, claiming the measure is not anti-Islam.
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Yemeni forces target off-shore UAE-run base
Jan 31, 2017 09:12Yemeni army soldiers, backed by fighters from allied Popular Committees, have launched a missile attack against a naval base run by soldiers from the United Arab Emirates off the western coast of Yemen.