Human rights in the United Arab Emirates

According to human rights organisations, the government of the UAE violates a number of fundamental human rights. The UAE does not have democratically elected institutions and citizens do not have the right to change their government or to form political parties. Activists and academics who criticize the regime are detained and imprisoned, and their families are often harassed by the state security apparatus.[1]

Homosexuality change

Homosexuality is illegal and is a crime that is punishable with execution by stoning(if four witnesses testify), imprisonment, fines, flogging, deportation,[2][3][4][5][6][7] chemical castration,[8] beatings in police custody,[5][9] forced hormone injections,[10] and torture by police forces.[9][11][12]

References change

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  3. Nordland, Rod (11 November 2017). "Holding Hands, Drinking Wine and Other Ways to Go to Jail in Dubai". The New York Times.
  4. "Homosexuality can still mean the death penalty in many countries". thejournal.ie. 9 September 2018.
  5. 5.0 5.1 Duffy, Nick (22 December 2015). "Judge blocks extradition of gay British man to UAE, where gays can face death penalty". PinkNews.
  6. Dawn Ennis (October 5, 2016). "One photo of gay man in drag lands him on death row in Abu Dhabi". LGBT Nation.
  7. Hirsi Ali, Ayaan (13 June 2016). "Islam's Jihad Against Homosexuals". WSJ.
  8. Bollinger, Alex (17 August 2019). "The 1975's lead singer kissed a man on stage in Dubai to protest anti-gay laws". LGBTQ Nation.
  9. 9.0 9.1 Mendos, Lucas Ramón (2019). "State-Sponsored Homophobia 13 Edition" (PDF). ilga.org. Retrieved 26 May 2021.
  10. Douglas, Benji (2012-09-14). "Gays In The United Arab Emirates Face Flogging, Hormone Injections, Prison". queerty.com. Retrieved 26 May 2021.
  11. Duffy, Nick (2015-12-22). "Judge blocks extradition of gay British man to UAE, where gays can face death penalty". pinknews.co.uk. Retrieved 26 May 2021.
  12. "Raped and tortured in a Dubai prison: Former managing director of Leeds United reveals the hell he endured after being jailed and outed as gay by authorities in UAE". ICFUAE | International Campaign For Freedom in the UAE. 2017-11-08. Archived from the original on 2021-11-03. Retrieved 2021-09-20.