Stories about United Arab Emirates from August, 2019
UAE frees activist Osama al-Najjar after 5 years in detention
Despite serving his three-year sentence in March 2017, al-Najjar remained in arbitrary detention.
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Despite serving his three-year sentence in March 2017, al-Najjar remained in arbitrary detention.
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