Middle East - Voice of America: UAE's Crackdown on Dissidents Intensifies

Middle East - Voice of America middle-east

UAE's Crackdown on Dissidents Intensifies Jun 1st 2012, 19:03 DUBAI - The future of seven Islamist activists stripped of their nationalities and imprisoned in the United Arab Emirates remains in doubt after a court this week rejected a request to return the men's Emirati passports. It is the latest incident in what appears to be an intensifying crackdown on dissent by authorities in the Gulf nation worried that regional unrest could spread to their shores. The seven men, who are all members of the Reform and Social Guidance Association (al-Islah), ... Media files: 948C8751-E5BF-4370-851F-BDC74682C2D2_cx0_cy0_cw0_w800_r1.jpg (image/jpeg, 0 MB)

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