Apr
23
Torture in the UAE
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Abu Dhabi – The royal family of the United Arab Emirates has been seriously embarrassed by a gruesome film which has appeared on the Internet. The video shows a man being brutally tortured by a brother of the country’s crown prince. While the video is the talk of the town amongst the expatriates living in Abu Dhabi and Dubai, the media in the UAE have been reluctant to report on the incident.
The shocking scenes were filmed at a farm just outside the capital Abu Dhabi in November 2004. They show Sheikh Issa bin Zayed al-Nahyan, one of the 22 sheikhs in the UAE’s royal family, torturing an Afghani man. Read more