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Why is the UAE hosting COP28?
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Why is the UAE hosting COP28?

“Detention in horrific conditions, torture, deportation [and a] criminal conviction.” These are the risks climate activists could face if they protest at COP28, the international climate conference to be hosted by the United Arab Emirates in December, says human rights lawyer Ben Keith.  Keith, who qualified as a UK barrister in 2004, focuses on a...

A Human Rights Abuser Shouldn’t Host COP28 | Opinion
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A Human Rights Abuser Shouldn’t Host COP28 | Opinion

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) likes to portray itself as a modern, progressive country—a nation on the rise. The home to the glittering skyscrapers and nightclubs of Dubai and Abu Dhabi was last month listed among the top 10 countries of the Global Soft Power Index for the first time—ahead of Australia and Sweden and just behind...