Emirati journalist Ahmed Al-Shaybah Al-Nuaimi said today that the Emirati society is living in a state of fear and terrorism because of the pursuit of activists against the background of opinion cases and fabricating various charges against them.
Al-Nuaimi's speech came on the occasion of the one-year anniversary of the death of the Emirati detainee Alia Abdel Nour inside Al-Wathba prison in the Emirates, after a struggle with cancer and medical neglect by the authorities.
Al-Nuaimi described the incident of Abdel-Nour's death as a traumatic event that the Emirati society cannot forget, calling on the authorities to review their accounts in dealing with the people of the Emirates.
Message 1 on the #Memorial_Ali_pic.twitter.com/fKGsNw50Nc - Ahmed Al-Shaybah Al-Nuaimi (@Ahmad_Alshaibah) May 4, 2020 |
Al-Nuaimi criticized the Abu Dhabi authorities ’treatment of women detainees in prisons, noting that this treatment marks a more cruel treatment with men than prisoners of conscience, and the matter does not stop at that. Al-Muhazyat ", which has been going on since 2012.
Detainee's testimony
. "We are recording" account was also published on Twitter, as a testimony of Emirati detainee Amina Al-Abdouli, in which she dealt with the violations suffered by the detainee in Emirates prisons before her death.
A testimony we are displaying for the first time to the Emirati detainee # Amina_Abdouli about the violations and methods of torture suffered by the late detainee # Alia Abd Al-Nour during her imprisonment, and during her trial while suffering from cancer. # Anniversary _ death_Ali pic.twitter.com/LRnUXtAU4R - We Record - We Record (@WeRecordAR) May 4, 2020 |
In an audio recording for the first time, Abdouli spoke of the torture that Alia was subjected to before her death last year, despite suffering from cancer.
After the death of the detainee Abdel Nour, human rights activists accused the UAE authorities of neglecting her treatment, and he refused to release her for treatment, while she was suffering from cancerous and cirrhosis.
Alia, according to her family and Western jurists, was subjected to four months of enforced disappearance in a very cold solitary cell, without a mattress or a cover other than the strong light of the lamp focused on her body, and torture also included restraining the parties, forcing them to stand for long hours and keeping them blindfolded for periods extending for more than 18 An hour, and force it to take off the veil.
A three-dimensional scene of the last moments # Alia_Abdulnoor, may God have mercy on her, and made her dwell in paradise .. # Memory_Ali_ death_ |
Official denial
Days after the death of Alia Abd al-Nur, a spokesman for the Public Prosecution in the Emirates denied what had been circulated regarding the circumstances of the death of the detainee, saying that the authorities gave them specialized medical attention, but the detainee rejected her every time.
Concerning the charge for which Alia was arrested, the Public Prosecutor said that it relates to the creation and management of accounts on electronic sites, through which she transmitted encrypted messages between members of al-Qaeda to be a mediator to communicate with them, and to provide the members of the organization with funds raised for this purpose.