UN to review the UAE’s torture of British national Albert Douglas

A Petition on behalf of Albert Douglas to the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Working Group on Arbitrary Detention and the Special Rapporteur on Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment has been submitted.

Albert Douglas has been arbitrarily detained for 1.5 years in the UAE. During his detention, he has been subjected to grave human rights violations and torture. He has sustained permanent disabling injuries and broken bones after being beaten by prison authorities.

The British FCDO raised these concerns to the UAE who in turn, appointed a panel of medical experts to review his claims. Despite the acknowledgement and clear physical evidence that he had been beaten, he remains arbitrarily detained in Dubai and nothing so far has been done to bring the perpetrators to justice.

The Petition outlines his horrific injuries “Mr Douglas underwent surgery to repair some of his broken bones. His arm was placed in a sling. He was told he would need multiple further surgeries but that their schedule was “busy” and he would not be seen for at least six months. Because he was not given initial medical attention, his bones had mended out of shape and needed to be “re-broken” and realigned.