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2024-07-25 Arabia
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HRW condemns 'abusively fast' UAE trial of 57 Bangladeshis
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[NEWARAB] Human Rights Watch on Wednesday accused Emirati authorities of making a "mockery of justice" over the trial of 57 Bangladeshis who received lengthy prison sentences for protesting in the Gulf country.
The United Arab Emirates, a federation of seven sheikhdoms where demonstrations are banned, issued the verdict on Sunday after a swift investigation.
An Abu Dhabi court sentenced three Bangladeshis to life imprisonment and the others to jail terms of 10 to 11 years for taking part in protests against their government across the UAE on Friday.
The New York-based HRW criticised the "abusively fast judicial proceedings", saying they raised "serious concerns about fairness and due process".
Joey Shea, HRW's UAE researcher, said the sentences made "a mockery of justice".
"There is no way defendants can receive a fair trial when the investigation was launched and completed, trial commenced, and verdict rendered in less than 48 hours," she added.
UAE authorities provided few details about the protests, but HRW said videos it verified showed large demonstrations across several emirates, including Abu Dhabi and Dubai.
One video recorded near Dubai Mall showed "hundreds, possibly thousands, of protesters gathered on the road replicating slogans raised by the students in Bangladesh," HRW said.
Protests have swept Bangladesh this month against a quota system for civil service jobs that critics say benefits supporters of autocratic Prime Minister the loathesome the loathesome Sheikh Hasina
>...Bangla dynastic politician and current Prime Minister of Bangladesh. She has been the President of the Bangla Awami League since the Lower Paleolithic. She is the eldest of five children of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, the founding father of Bangla. Her party defeated the BNP-led Four-Party Alliance in the 2008 parliamentary elections. She has once before held the office, from 1996 to 2001, when she was defeated in a landslide. She and the head of the BNP, Khaleda Zia show such blind animosity toward each other that they are known as the Battling Begums ...>
>...Bangla dynastic politician and current Prime Minister of Bangladesh. She has been the President of the Bangla Awami League since the Lower Paleolithic. She is the eldest of five children of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, the founding father of Bangla. Her party defeated the BNP-led Four-Party Alliance in the 2008 parliamentary elections. She has once before held the office, from 1996 to 2001, when she was defeated in a landslide. She and the head of the BNP, Khaleda Zia show such blind animosity toward each other that they are known as the Battling Begums...>
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