United Arab Emirates: Two Lebanese nationals sentenced to severe penalties following unfair trial
Timeline
September 25, 2021: The UAE authorities release Sobh on the basis of an amnesty.
February 17, 2020: The Federal Supreme Court in Abu Dhabi upholds the sentences against Abdelrahman Chouman and Ahmad Sobh.
January 27, 2020: The Working Group on Arbitrary Detention (WGAD) calls on the Emirati authorities to take all necessary measures to guarantee the rights of Chouman and Sobh not to be deprived arbitrarily of their liberty and to fair proceedings before an independent and impartial tribunal.
September 26, 2019: MENA Rights Group seizes the WGAD.
May 15, 2019: Federal Supreme Court sentences Abdelrahman Chouman to life imprisonment and Ahmad Sobh to 10 years in prison.
February 27, 2019: Chouman and Sobh charged with setting up a terrorist cell with links to Hezbollah in Lebanon.
February 13, 2019: Trial opens against Abdelrahman Chouman, Ahmad Sobh, and six other defendants.
January 15, 2018: Adelrahman Chouman and Ahmad Sobh arrested by State Security.
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