British politicians have signed a petition calling on the UK government to put pressure on the United Arab Emirates to release 14 individuals who have been detained in Emirati prisons after serving their full sentences.
MPs Layla Moran, Liberal Democrat and Desmond Swayne, Conservative, are some of the eight Members of Parliament who signed the petition, launched by Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor.
One of the individuals currently in a UAE prison is 54-year-old British national Michael Bryan Smith, despite completing the end of his prison term.
Human rights activists say they are being held without any legal basis - meaning they are being kept in arbitrary detention.
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Israeli police use heavy force to disperse dozens of Palestinian anti-crime protesters in Umm al-Fahm, February 26, 2021 (WAFA) Ramallah- Asharq Al-Awsat
Investigators at the Israeli Justice Ministry launched Sunday an inquiry into police officers’ conduct with protestors in the Arab Israeli city of Umm al-Fahm last week.
The investigation was launched after dozens of Arab protesters were wounded when the Israeli police fired rubber-coated bullets, tear gas, stun grenades, and water cannons on hundreds of upset Arabs gathered last Friday outside the municipality for the seventh week in a row, to protest failure to control violence and crimes.