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Sheikh Shakedown! May 9. 2009
A member of the Abu Dhabi royal family,
Terrible pictures surfaced over the last week,
showing the terrified grain trader being shot at, beaten, salt
rubbed in his wounds, with
Side Bar: is house arrest in a palace really punishment for a sheikh. He probably uses gold leafed toilet paper to wipe his butt. UAE: Detention in Torture Case May 8, 2009 - "The videotape of this episode shocked the world. The report of the arrest was reassuring, but now the government needs to make the details public. Secretive prosecutions will not deter further abuses and torture." (New York) - The reported detention of a member of the United Arab Emirates royal family, Sheikh Issa bin Zayed al Nahyan, in connection with the videotaped torture of an Afghan grain dealer is a significant development, but much more needs to be done to restore faith in the country's police and justice system, Human Rights Watch said today. UAE officials told American diplomats that the sheikh was put under "house arrest" this week and prevented from leaving the country as the Ministry of Justice conducts a criminal investigation of the incidents on the videotape, ABC News reported today. The government has not released any information about the detention... |
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