All Prisoners of Conscience Should Be Released in Ramadan Pardon

As the holy month of Ramadan approaches, ICFUAE urges the UAE authorities to release all prisoners of conscience under the annual pardoning for Ramadan this month.

Political prisoners and those who remain indefinitely detained should be the primary candidates of those deemed to be released as part of the tradition, given the unjust nature of their imprisonment.

The UAE government used to release thousands of prisoners in light of the annual Ramadan pardons.

Despite such a large number of pardoned detainees, none were prisoners of conscience.

Around 200 political and social dissidents, who were arrested solely on the basis of their endeavours to speak out about human rights and fundamental freedoms, remain behind bars, where they are forced to endure appalling detention conditions serving grossly long sentences.