UAE asked to be transparent about Qatari duo arrest
A UK-based Arab human rights body has urged the United Arab Emirates to disclose the whereabouts of two Qatari nationals who were taken into custody when they arrived there late last June.
The Arab Organisation for Human Rights (AOHR) said that the two Qatari nationals, 30-year-old Youssef Abdussamad Ali Al Mulla, and 33-year-old Hamad Ali Mohamed Ali Al Hamadi, had gone missing over three months ago following a road trip to the UAE.
The families of the Qatari nationals say that they left on June 27 to the UAE and were arrested by the authorities.
AOHR accused the UAE authorities of "arbitrarily hiding" the men. They were arrested at Al Ghuraifat check-post on their way into the UAE.
The two families also confirmed that the missing citizens had previously visited the UAE several times, and were not subjected to any interrogations, and that all means of communicating with them had been cut since their arrest.
"Their families were not able to know the reasons behind their arrest or their whereabouts, nor have they received any calls from those who have arrested them." AOHR said.
The AOHR demanded UAE authorities to disclose the fate of Qatari nationals, and urged the UN special rapporteurs in the committees against torture to help find the men and press the UAE authorities to stop this policy.
The families of the duo said they had no idea why and here they were detained.
According to AOHR, Al Mulla had chronic back problems due to degenerative disc disease and Al Hammadi suffers from intermittent kidney stones.
Both families filed a complaint with the consular section of Qatar's foreign ministry but the UAE authorities failed to give any details to the ministry.
AOHR said the families of the duo are deeply concerned and fear that they might be subjected to torture.
Gosh! This would never happen in Qatar! Or has it?
since three months ago.... I must say that Qatari Government is so patient....