94 civil society actors
Cases- Location of case in SG report
- 2013-039-001
- Relevant SG report
- Year of the report
- 2013
- From Country
- Country Geolocation
Latitude: 23.424076
Longitude: 53.847818
- Country Geolocation (linked Cases)
- United Arab Emirates
- From Region
- UN body that raised the case prior to the SG report
- UN Special Procedures: Thematic
- Dates of prior UN action
- 16 April 2013
- Type of record
- Unnamed individual/group/organization
- Was the victim a foreign national?
- No
- Was the victim a minor?
- No
- Was the victim a civil servant, member of the security forces or of the judiciary?
- No
- Reported trigger of reprisal
Unclear
- Engagement with UN body
- Unclear
- Dates of engagement
- Unclear
- Type of attempted engagement
- Unclear
- Dates of mentioned reprisals
- Unclear
- Reprisal information
Allegations relating to the fairness of the trial and the treatment in detention of 94 civil society actors calling for change in a peaceful way in March 2013 and the developments leading up to their trial
- Types of reprisals suffered
- Physical attack: Torture/Cruel, inhuman, degrading treatment
- Charge/Investigation/Prosecution: Trial
- Alleged/likely perpetrators
- State actors
- Was the reprisal based on new legislation?
- No
- Does the report make general comment about country’s environment for engagement with UN?
- No
- Government response dates
- 10 June 2013
- Government response content
In its response, the Government called these allegations “far removed from the truth and unfounded in virtually every detail. In particular, the allegations pertaining to torture, physical abuse and beatings were categorically denied.
- Is the country cited for a "pattern of reprisal" in the context of this case?
- No
- Is a pattern of reprisals mentioned otherwise in the context of this case?
- No
- Does the report cite "self-censorship" as an issue in the context of this case?
- No
- How many times has the case been followed up in subsequent SG reports?
- 1
- In which SG report was this case followed up on? 0
- 2014
- Follow up information provided in SG report 0
45.As a follow-up to the UAE 94 case, relating to a group of 94 civil society activists calling for change in a peaceful manner in March 2013 who were subsequently arrested and detained, Waleed al-Shehhi, a member of the legal team of UAE 94 during their trial, was arrested on 11 May 2013 in relation to remarks made on social media about irregularities in the UAE 94 trial.72 On 2 July 2013, 69 of the 94 defendants were sentenced to long prison sentences for plotting to overthrow the State and 25 were acquitted.73 A reply to the joint communication sent by special procedures was received on 20 November 2013, in which the Government indicated that the allegations were highly inaccurate and misleading.74 In opinion No. 60/2013, the Working Group on Arbitrary Detention found the detention of 61 individuals of UAE 94 arbitrary and called for their release.75 Reportedly, following beatings by prison guards of Mohamed al-Mansoori, one of the UAE 94, 18 of the 69 individuals went on hunger strike between August 2013 and October 2013 to protest about their conditions of detention.76
- Followup Trends 0
- Deterioration/further reprisals
- Did the government respond? 0
- Yes
- Was this case followed up by a UN body? 0
- UN Special Procedures: Thematic