Leaked recording reveals UAE abuse of women detainees
Emirati human rights activist reveals details of abuse against women detained in the UAE in a leaded audio recording
A leaked audio recording is being circulated in which an Emirati human
rights activist reveals details of abuse against women detained in the
UAE. Mariam Al-Baloushi has been held for years at the state security
prison in Abu Dhabi and claims that she is also a victim of such abuse
and rights violations.
The Geneva International Centre for Justice and Human Rights released
the recording in which Al-Baloushi explains that she was interrogated
for three months before being forced to sign a confession under
pressure, threats and beatings. She apparently went on hunger strike
several times to protest against the UAE authorities’ denial of her
right to contact her family, and was banned from walking for three
months.
According to the activist, in one of the interrogation sessions she
threatened the interrogator that she would complain to human rights
organisations and Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Zayed about the
abuse to which she was subjected. “Bin Zayed ordered me to beat you and
gave me the green light,” was the response.
She says on the tape that she has also complained to UAE appeals judge
Falah Al-Hajri about the assaults on detainees by security officers and
that some have committed suicide as a result. The judge, however, asked
her to write to the prison director and questioned the veracity of her
claims.
The UAE State Security Service arrested Mariam Al-Baloushi, a student at
the Technical College of Kalba, on suspicion of financing terrorism
after she donated 2,300 dirhams to a Syrian family. She was transferred
to a secret detention centre for 5 months, where she was beaten and
threatened with rape.
Human rights organisations have warned of growing rights violations in
the UAE, citing several examples where people have been stripped of
their citizenship; rights activists have had their own rights denied;
people have been imprisoned and tortured; restrictions have been placed
on freedom of expression; and foreign workers and their families have
had their rights denied.
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