Pro-democracy activist Dr. Nasser Bin Ghaith is being held in secret
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UAE: Torture fears for prominent academic held in secret detention
Fears are mounting that prominent academic Dr Nasser bin Ghaith could
be at risk of torture or other ill-treatment in secret detention since
his arrest by the United Arab Emirates (UAE) authorities on 18 August,
Amnesty International said.
“Dr Nasser bin Ghaith’s whereabouts must be immediately disclosed and
he must be released if he is being held for peacefully exercising his
rights to freedom of expression, association, and assembly. It is a
gross abuse of the legal process to hold him incommunicado in a secret
place of detention,” said Said Boumedouha, Acting Programme Director of
the Middle East and North Africa Programme.
