Hunter’s Farm in East Sussex is exactly the sort of house that you might imagine belongs to a top London lawyer. With its 18th century buildings, 52 acres of land, swimming pool, gym and separate ‘Dairy Cottage’, the sprawling £3.4million estate offers a welcome oasis from the cut and thrust of corporate life. Until he was forced...
SUN Ship Management has become one of the main transporters of Russian oil to countries including India and Cuba. BRUSSELS — The EU is discussing whether to sanction Dubai-based shipping company SUN Ship Management Ltd, which is suspected of helping Russia circumvent restrictions on its oil exports, three diplomats told POLITICO’s Brussels Playbook on condition of anonymity....
The markets cover about six acres. There were more than 15 agents at Al Wadad, but Al Qortaj had about 20. Each has a horde of humans on sale, but I only see Africans and Asians on sale. Africans are from Uganda, Ghana, Sierra Leone, and Ethiopia. Asians are from Sri Lanka, India, Philippines, and...
Experts say they have discovered new spyware similar to the infamous Pegasus, which was found two years ago to have been used by various governments to spy on journalists, activists, and political opposition. A team of cybersecurity researchers from the CitizenLab at the University of Toronto’s Munk School said the spyware was produced by an Israeli company...
Spectacular skyscrapers, luxury lifestyles, and sunny beaches — these are the hallmarks of Dubai, a Middle Eastern financial hub known as a playground for the global rich. But the glamorous emirate also has a darker reputation as a tax haven, a top destination for illicit cash, and a preferred hub for money laundering, often through...
French President Emmanuel Macron is preparing to welcome the President of the United Arab Emirates, Crown Prince Mohamed bin Zayed al Nahyan, to Paris July 18. That welcome should not include giving the crown prince a pass on the UAE’s atrocious human rights record. Amid the backdrop of rising energy prices due to Russia’s invasion...
Allies Should Call for Rights Defender’s Immediate Release (Beirut) – United Arab Emirates authorities retaliated against the detained human rights defender Ahmed Mansoor after July 2021, when regional media published a prison letter he wrote detailing his mistreatment in detention and flagrantly unfair trial, Human Rights Watch and the Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) said today. ...
Events of 2022 In 2022, United Arab Emirates (UAE) authorities introduced amendments to a wide range of laws yet continued an alarming campaign of repression and censorship against dissidents. The UAE has expanded its surveillance capabilities, both online and through drone surveillance in public spaces. UAE authorities continue to block representatives of international human rights organizations and United Nations...
Andrew is enjoying a break this week. I’m Jan Kooy, taking care of the Daily Brief in the next few days. Should a deeply repressive country get to host UN climate talks? No, that would be an extremely bad idea. So how on earth did the United Arab Emirates become host of the upcoming and...
PART FOUR A Sunday Vision journalist got in touch with traffickers who smuggled her to Dubai on promises of a high paying job. She ended up in an agent’s holding cell, from where she was taken to a slave market. I thank God that I was able to do this story and return to Uganda...