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UAE jails 30 over 'Muslim Brotherhood ties' UAE jails 30 over 'Muslim Brotherhood ties'
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A court in the UAE has sentenced 20 Egyptians and 10 Emiratis to up to five years in prison after finding them guilty of national security charges. A court in Abu Dhabi has sentenced 20 Egyptians and 10 UAE citizens to up to five years in prison after finding them guilty of national security charges.
The Islamists were accused of setting up an "international" branch of the Muslim Brotherhood, and stealing secret information from the security services. The Islamists denied setting up an "international" branch of the Muslim Brotherhood, and stealing secret information from the security services.
They will have no right to appeal.They will have no right to appeal.
Amnesty International has said the case was "littered with irregularities", and many of the defendants told the court they had been tortured or ill-treated. Amnesty International said the case was "littered with irregularities", and many of the defendants told the court they had been tortured or ill-treated.
All 10 of the Emiratis were among 69 Islamists who in July were found guilty in a separate trial of attempting to overthrow the country's political system and sentenced to prison terms of up to 10 years. The UAE authorities have denied using torture and the court ordered medical tests for some of the defendants when their trial started in November.
All 10 of the Emiratis had been convicted along with 59 others in July in a separate mass trial of attempting to overthrow the country's political system and sentenced to prison terms of up to 10 years.
They include the high-profile lawyer Mohammed al-Mansoori, physicist Hussain Ali Alnajjar Alhammadi and former teacher Saleh Mohammed al-Dhufairi, whom Amnesty said it considered prisoners of conscience held solely for exercising their rights to freedom of expression and association.
Among the 20 Egyptians are three medical doctors, including Ali Ahmed and Mohammed Abdul Monem. Six of them were tried in absentia.
"In the absence of a proper legal process and an investigation into credible allegations of torture these convictions lack all credibility," said Rori Donaghy, head of the UK-based Emirates Centre for Human Rights.
"Authorities must end their crackdown against peaceful political activists by upholding their commitment to protecting the human rights of all who live in the UAE," he added.