Published in: EUObserver
Joey Shea Senior Researcher, Saudi Arabia and United Arab Emirates
joey_shea ( Human rights Watch ) – Late one night in April 2025, a Colombian private military contractor was leaving the United Arab Emirates under unusual circumstances. “They brought us in hidden, clandestinely, through the back of the airport,” he told me. “It was very hidden.” He was departing Abu Dhabi after having received military training f…