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UN criticizes human rights abuses in the UAE

UN and UAE HR violations

The United Nations Special Reporter of the independence of the judiciary Gabearerla  Kanol , demanded the UAE, " to form an independent commission to investigate all allegations of torture or ill-treatment during detention ," insisting that this country should not  spare any effort to implement the recommendations of human rights ." UAE Did not allow Kanol to visit prisons during the mission, which lasted for nine days , which ended on Wednesday .

It has " received the UAE authorities slap rights " as he called the Emirates Center for Studies and Media , the " UN Rapporteur spoke from within the UAE , and after her visit and meeting with a number of officials . This means that all those who met Kanol did not provide any convincing answers to its questions and real , and they were not competent in repelling legal torrent observations that confirm the occurrence of systematic torture in the prisons of UAE "

Kanol criticized in a press conference in Abu Dhabi, " excesses " and " the lack of transparency " in the judicial proceedings in the United Arab Emirates , where it was the trial of dozens of Islamists in recent months on charges of conspiring against the regime .

She Kanol told reporters, " I've got information and credible evidence about the exposure of detainees to torture or ill-treatment ," such as " detention without a court order and the backbone of the eyes and transport to places unknown ... and solitary confinement for months ... and the situation on the electric chair ."

In a preliminary report , called Kanol , a UN special rapporteur on the independence of the judiciary, United Arab Emirates to " establish an independent commission to investigate all allegations of torture or ill-treatment during detention ," asserting that he should be on this country , but " spared no effort to implement the recommendations of the Human Rights " .

Rapporteur considered that he should include this committee " experts professionals and experts in forensic psychiatry in addressing the implications of shock ."

And a few days ago , Shen Emirati pro- regime campaign against human rights reports issued by Human Rights Watch and Rates , and Freedom House, and others, where the campaign has accused these organizations of ignorance in fact the UAE and receive false reports of activists abroad .

UAE authorities have canceled nearly two weeks before the press conference of the Organization of Human Rights Watch issued a report after that to expose human rights violations in the UAE.

 

Newspapers Emirati official told Emirates News talked about a planned visit by United Nations is quite different from the reality , as a newspaper said the Gulf in the title of a " planned United Nations : UAE establishes a model for the Gulf Cooperation Council " to ignore the sharp criticism made ​​by the assessments of the UAE .

 

And other human rights organizations monitor the human rights situation in the UAE closely , especially with the increasing numbers of detainees arbitrarily in the UAE.

The United Arab Emirates continues to suppress freedom of expression and association. As authorities arbitrarily detaining dozens of people suspected of ties to Islamist groups bound together inside and outside the UAE. The court convicted 69 opponent in July after a trial described by Human Rights Watch as unfair , and where the evidence appeared to systematic torture in the security stations .

The UAE government has not had reforms in the system of forced labor that makes it easy for migrant workers . It also plans to improve the working conditions of domestic workers is lower than the standards detailed in the Convention on Domestic Workers adopted by the ILO in 2012.