Amnesty Slams UAE Over Conditions of Prisoners of Conscience
ABU DHABI (Dispatches) – Amnesty International has criticized UAE authorities over the deteriorating conditions of prisoners of conscience being held in the Persian Gulf country in light of the outbreak of the coronavirus in prisons.
"It appears that the conditions of prisoners in the UAE are from bad to worse. Family visits have been halted & phone calls interrupted,” Amnesty Persian Gulf wrote on Twitter, adding that the UAE "must be transparent” about the situation in its prisons.
The organization said there are grave concerns for the health of Ahmed Mansoor, Abdallah Al-Shamsi, Abdel Rahman Chouman and Ahmed Sobeh especially after Chouman and Sobeh’s families informed it that they had caught the coronavirus while in detention at the Al-Wathba Prison.
"It appears that the conditions of prisoners in the UAE are from bad to worse. Family visits have been halted & phone calls interrupted,” Amnesty Persian Gulf wrote on Twitter, adding that the UAE "must be transparent” about the situation in its prisons.
The organization said there are grave concerns for the health of Ahmed Mansoor, Abdallah Al-Shamsi, Abdel Rahman Chouman and Ahmed Sobeh especially after Chouman and Sobeh’s families informed it that they had caught the coronavirus while in detention at the Al-Wathba Prison.