Finnish human rights activist to sue UAE govt over torture

A Finnish women's rights activist declared intention to take legal actions against the Emirati government for her imprisonment and torture in UAE jails.

Tiina Jauhiainen said she aims to draw the international community’s attention to the gross human rights violations being committed in the Persian Gulf country.

Jauhiainen announced in a meeting held in the Swiss city of Geneva last week that she was not going to remain silent in the face of what she went through during her time behind bars and that she intended to take legal measures in European courts of law and sue the UAE for her torture.

During the event, she said Emirati security forces incarcerated her in an unknown and extremely cold place, repeatedly threatened her with death, and forced her to write confessions and sign official papers in Arabic.

Jauhiainen used to reside in the United Arab Emirates. She was arrested and tortured for participating in the failed attempt of Princess Latifa, the daughter of UAE Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammad bin Rashid Al Maktoum, to escape from her father in 2018.