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Emirates Detainees Advocacy Centre (EDAC)

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Advocating Prisoners of Conscience in the UAE. Arabic Account @EDAC_rights. Contact: [email protected]

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🟠 Press freedom is a right, not a crime. In the #UAE, journalists and dissidents are jailed simply for speaking out. It’s time to free them. #UAE84 #WorldPressFreedomDay

🟠 Press freedom is a right, not a crime.
In the #UAE, journalists and dissidents are jailed simply for speaking out.
It’s time to free them. #UAE84 #WorldPressFreedomDay
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The UAE ranks third among Arab countries and 17th globally on the list of the worst countries for press freedom in 2025. Ranking of the worst Arab countries for press freedom: ▪️Syria: 1st Arab - 4th Global ▪️Egypt: 2nd Arab - 11th Global ▪️UAE: 3rd Arab - 17th Global

The UAE ranks third among Arab countries and 17th globally on the list of the worst countries for press freedom in 2025.

Ranking of the worst Arab countries for press freedom:
▪️Syria: 1st Arab - 4th Global
▪️Egypt: 2nd Arab - 11th Global
▪️UAE: 3rd Arab - 17th Global
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Ahmed Mansoor has spent years in solitary confinement for speaking the truth. His only "crime" was defending human rights. We call for his immediate and unconditional release. Freedom for Ahmed Mansoor! ✊🏽 #FreeAhmedMansoor #HumanRights

Ahmed Mansoor has spent years in solitary confinement for speaking the truth. His only "crime" was defending human rights.
We call for his immediate and unconditional release. Freedom for Ahmed Mansoor! ✊🏽 #FreeAhmedMansoor #HumanRights
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In the UAE, freedom is punished and voices of conscience are silenced behind bars—simply for standing up for human rights. They are not criminals. They are heroes who spoke for justice. Human rights are not a crime. Silence is complicity. #FreeUAEPrisoners #HumanRights

In the UAE, freedom is punished and voices of conscience are silenced behind bars—simply for standing up for human rights.

They are not criminals. They are heroes who spoke for justice.

 Human rights are not a crime. Silence is complicity.
#FreeUAEPrisoners #HumanRights
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🟧 Behind the glitter and shine of the UAE is a truth the world can’t ignore — peaceful voices of conscience locked away for speaking out. Writers, lawyers, and reformers are tortured and isolated simply for demanding justice and basic rights. They stood up. Now it’s our turn.

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The UAE’s State Security Apparatus, established on 10 June 1974, has evolved into a central tool of political repression, silencing peaceful dissent for five decades. #UAE50YearsOfRepression

The UAE’s State Security Apparatus, established on 10 June 1974, has evolved into a central tool of political repression, silencing peaceful dissent for five decades.
#UAE50YearsOfRepression
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The State Security Agency operates in secrecy, with unchecked powers granted by a law never made public. It reports directly to the President of the UAE. It faces no judicial or institutional oversight. #UAE50YearsOfRepression

The State Security Agency operates in secrecy, with unchecked powers granted by a law never made public. It reports directly to the President of the UAE.
It faces no judicial or institutional oversight.
#UAE50YearsOfRepression
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The UAE State Security enforces the 2014 Counter-Terrorism Law, which equates peaceful dissent with terrorism. UN experts say it violates international human rights law. #StopTheAbuse

The UAE State Security enforces the 2014 Counter-Terrorism Law, which equates peaceful dissent with terrorism.

UN experts say it violates international human rights law.
#StopTheAbuse
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🟠 #UAE Targets Families and Firms in Widening Crackdown on Dissent👇🏼 The UAE is escalating its repression by labelling exiled critics, their relatives, and affiliated businesses including those registered in the UK as “terrorists” under its controversial 2014 Counterterrorism

🟠 #UAE Targets Families and Firms in Widening Crackdown on Dissent👇🏼

The UAE is escalating its repression by labelling exiled critics, their relatives, and affiliated businesses including those registered in the UK as “terrorists” under its controversial 2014 Counterterrorism
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🛑 Critics in the UAE aren't just punished — their families are too. A regime built on fear, silence, and collective targeting. #StopTheAbuse

🛑 Critics in the UAE aren't just punished — their families are too.
A regime built on fear, silence, and collective targeting.
#StopTheAbuse
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🟧 Amnesty International: UAE Using "Tolerance" Image to Mask Abuses! In its 2025 annual report, Amnesty International highlighted a sharp decline in human rights across East and South Asia, with the United Arab Emirates under particular scrutiny for systematic violations. 📌

🟧 Amnesty International: UAE Using "Tolerance" Image to Mask Abuses!

In its 2025 annual report, Amnesty International highlighted a sharp decline in human rights across East and South Asia, with the United Arab Emirates under particular scrutiny for systematic violations.

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In the #UAE, peaceful expression is treated like a crime. Voices demanding reform are silenced, families punished, and rights denied. Real stability begins with freedom.

In the #UAE, peaceful expression is treated like a crime. Voices demanding reform are silenced, families punished, and rights denied. Real stability begins with freedom.
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Real progress doesn’t grow in the shadow of surveillance or censorship. It thrives in open spaces — where people can think, speak, and act freely. A society built on fear may force silence, but it will never foster innovation, dignity, or trust. Real progress requires freedom —

Real progress doesn’t grow in the shadow of surveillance or censorship. It thrives in open spaces — where people can think, speak, and act freely.
A society built on fear may force silence, but it will never foster innovation, dignity, or trust.
 Real progress requires freedom —
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🛑 Criticize the regime in the #UAE and it’s not just you who pays the price — your entire family can be punished. A system built on fear, enforced silence, and collective retribution. #FreeSpeech #HumanRights #UAE