UAE could be torturing detained activists, UN says
A group of activists detained in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) are enduring conditions that may amount to torture, a UN expert says./ UN Special Rapporteur Mary Lawlor says the five detainees are being held in solitary confinement for long periods and had their air conditioning switched off in temperatures above 40C./ She called for them to be immediately released after eight years in jail./ The Emirati authorities have not responded to the allegations./ Mohamed al-Mansoori, Hassan Mohammed al-Hammad, Hadif Rashed Abdullah al-Owais, Ali ...
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