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The UAE's notorious limits on free speech have serious implications for expats


February 18, 2021 at 10:35 am
Expatriate workers in the UAE be warned: overzealous securocrats in the Gulf oligarchies are watching you and all other foreigners, ready to pounce if you dare to criticise any of its allies. Fear has gripped foreign workers across various sectors from banking to teaching, following the imprisonment of a Jordanian resident by the UAE authorities.
His crime? Criticising the Jordanian government. Human Rights Watch (HRW) has been monitoring the case of Ahmed Etoum, 46, and reported that he has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for his Facebook posts criticising the government of the Hashemite Kingdom.
The ludicrous charges for which the court convicted Etoum are not only a disgrace and a serious violation of his right to free speech, but also intimidation intended to silence expats. These charges include committing acts against a foreign state that could damage political relations with that state and endanger national security ins ....

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UAE jails Jordanian for 10 years for criticising Jordan's gov't | Human Rights News


The decision by a United Arab Emirates court to sentence a Jordanian resident to 10 years in prison in October for criticising Jordan’s government was based entirely on a series of peaceful Facebook posts, a rights group has said.
Human Rights Watch (HRW) urged authorities in the UAE to immediately release 46-year-old Ahmed Etoum, saying he was convicted solely for his “peaceful criticism of the Jordanian royal family and government”.
In a statement on Thursday, the US-based rights group said the court convicted him in October 2020 of using Facebook to commit “acts against a foreign state” that could “damage political relations” with that state and “endanger national security” inside the UAE. ....

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UAE: Jordanian Convicted for Criticizing Jordan on Facebook


Unfair Trial on Vague Charge of ‘Acts Against a Foreign State’
Ahmed Etoum, Jordanian resident of the United Arab Emirates (UAE).
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(Beirut) – The decision of a United Arab Emirates (UAE) court to sentence a Jordanian resident of the UAE to 10 years in prison in October 2020 was based entirely on peaceful Facebook posts criticizing Jordan’s government, Human Rights Watch said today.
The court convicted him of using Facebook to commit “acts against a foreign state” that could “damage political relations” with that state and “endanger national security” inside the UAE, based solely on his peaceful criticism of the Jordanian royal family and government. ....

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