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UAE: Human Rights Lawyer Abdulhamed AlKumaiti Arrested

Categories: Middle East & North Africa, United Arab Emirates, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Law

Khalid Ibrahim reports [1]: “#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 [2]: “UAE strategy to keep 49 activists in prison: arrest their would-be lawyers too. Threat to national (aka govt) security.”