Three sisters have been released and reunited with their family today after spending three months in secret detention after the United Arab Emirates authorities subjected them to enforced disappearance, Amnesty International said.
The three had been detained since February after posting comments on Twitter on behalf of their brother, a prisoner of conscience in the Gulf state.
According to Ahmed Mansoor, a prominent human rights activist in the UAE, the sisters - Asma Khalifa al-Suwaidi, Mariam Khalifa al-Suwaidi and Dr Alyaziyah Khalifa al-Suwaidi - were dropped off at their family home at around noon local time today.
The sisters had not been heard from since they were summoned for questioning at an Abu Dhabi police station on 15 February and then taken into the custody of the UAE’s state security apparatus. Prisoners held in secret detention under the authority of the country’s security apparatus are extremely vulnerable and are at particularly high risk of torture. Full story...
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The three had been detained since February after posting comments on Twitter on behalf of their brother, a prisoner of conscience in the Gulf state.
According to Ahmed Mansoor, a prominent human rights activist in the UAE, the sisters - Asma Khalifa al-Suwaidi, Mariam Khalifa al-Suwaidi and Dr Alyaziyah Khalifa al-Suwaidi - were dropped off at their family home at around noon local time today.
The sisters had not been heard from since they were summoned for questioning at an Abu Dhabi police station on 15 February and then taken into the custody of the UAE’s state security apparatus. Prisoners held in secret detention under the authority of the country’s security apparatus are extremely vulnerable and are at particularly high risk of torture. Full story...
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