HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH HAS CALLED ON ABU DHABI TO REVERSE ITS DECISION

Human Rights Watch says that the UAE has designated dissidents and their relatives as “terrorists” and has called on Abu Dhabi to reverse this decision immediately.

11 dissidents and their relatives, as well as eight companies, to its “terrorist” list for their alleged links to the Muslim Brotherhood. The Brotherhood is classified as a “terrorist organization” in the UAE.

The UAE’s move says that the rights group, represents an “escalation” of its “transnational repression”, targeting not only dissidents, but also their family members.

As such The authorities should immediately remove the terrorism designations and the UK should defend the businesses, all of them registered there.