Beirut — UAE authorities should immediately drop all charges against an Emirati academic and a Jordanian journalist that relate to peaceful criticism of Emirati and Egyptian authorities.
The Emirati academic, Nasser bin Ghaith, faces charges that include "engaging in hostility against Egypt," following online comments made before his arrest in August 2014. The UAE-based Jordanian journalist, Tayseer al-Najjar, informed his family that his detention since December 2015, relates to his online criticism of Israeli military actions in Gaza and the Egyptian security forces' destruction of tunnels between Gaza and the Sinai region of Egypt.
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