“UAE94” detainee Hadef al-Awois forcibly disappeared since July 18, 2023
Timeline
September 12, 2023: MENA Rights Group requests the urgent intervention of the UN Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances.
July 18, 2023: Al-Awois makes his last phone call to his family from within Al Razeen Prison.
September 11, 2022: Al-Awois finishes his 10-year prison sentence. However, on the pretext of “rehabilitation needs”, he is currently still held at Al Razeen prison under the “counselling” regime regulated by the Counter-Terrorism Law and the Munasaha Centre Law.
July 2, 2013: Al-Awois is sentenced to 10 years’ imprisonment.
March 4, 2013: Al-Awois’ trial before the State Security Chamber within the Federal Supreme Court in Abu Dhabi begins.
September 11, 2012: Al-Awois is arrested.