The Legacy of Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum and the United Arab Emirates - A Study of Gender Inequality, Human Rights Violations and Violation of Freedom of Expression in the United Arab Emirates - O'Doherty, Mark
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According to human rights organizations, the government of the United Arab Emirates violates a number of fundamental human rights. The UAE does not have democratically elected institutions and citizens do not have the right to change their government or to form political parties. There are reports of forced disappearances in the UAE, foreign nationals and Emirati citizens allegedly having been abducted by the UAE government and illegally detained and tortured in undisclosed locations. Also, flogging and stoning are legal forms of judicial punishment in the UAE due to Sharia courts. The…mehr

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According to human rights organizations, the government of the United Arab Emirates violates a number of fundamental human rights. The UAE does not have democratically elected institutions and citizens do not have the right to change their government or to form political parties. There are reports of forced disappearances in the UAE, foreign nationals and Emirati citizens allegedly having been abducted by the UAE government and illegally detained and tortured in undisclosed locations. Also, flogging and stoning are legal forms of judicial punishment in the UAE due to Sharia courts. The government restricts freedom of speech and freedom of the press; and the local media is censored to avoid criticizing the government, government officials or royal families. Critical, but also deeply sensitive and humane, this book endeavours to improve public policy in the UAE; by exploring both social scientific and Islamic approaches, so that human rights and gender equality can be improved in the United Arab Emirates.
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Sources: https://www.africanews.com/2023/08/17/over-60-dead-in-migrant-boat-sinking-off-cape-verde-coast/ https://www.aljazeera.com/features/2017/7/22/saving-senegals-sons-from-vanishing-in-european-seas https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2017/4/11/iom-african-migrants-traded-in-libyas-slave-markets https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/jun/19/people-smugglers-migrant-boat-disaster-greece https://www.theguardian.com/world/refugees https://edition.cnn.com/specials/cnn-crews-migrant-crisis https://www.theguardian.com/world/africa https://www.africanews.com/2022/10/20/malawi-finds-mass-grave-of-suspected-ethiopian-migrants/ https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/nov/01/ethiopians-found-in-malawi-mass-grave-thought-to-have-suffocated There are increasing reports of abductions of those being transported, who are only freed after families pay substantial ransoms to traffickers. Families often paid money in advance to major smugglers in Ethiopia. Other less significant actors often make further cash by exploiting Ethiopian migrants and refugees on the way. "It becomes a relay, with the migrants taken from one to another agent and each charging their own money. They hijack them and demand ransom money." Abductions often occur immediately after people have been smuggled across the border from Zimbabwe into South Africa - after weeks of traveling from east Africa. "The kidnappers wait for them and then hide them and send to their relatives asking for more money ... It is big business. Even police and immigration officials are [involved]" The IOM report found that close to 51,000 Ethiopian migrants had gone missing since 2016. 4,265 deaths and 1,707 disappearances were recorded along the route to South Africa. An overwhelming number of migrants said they had experienced a severe lack of food, water or shelter on their journey, the IOM researchers found. Most had suffered abuse, violence, assault or torture, while one in four had been asked to find additional money for bribes, despite already paying an average of US$5,000 for the journey. Hence African law enforcement agencies - together with the assistance of the International Intelligence Community - must bring the perpetrators of these severe crimes to Justice. Furthermore, the International Community must provide greater assistance to disadvantaged communities who are challenged with socioeconomic deprivation - so that abductions, kidnapping and murder through forced migration can be stopped.