US EditionUN body finds US and UAE responsible for Afghan refugee's arbitrary detention
The U.N. Working Group found joint responsibility of the U.S. and UAE for arbitrary detention of an Afghan refugee in Abu Dhabi, a case reflecting thousands held in similar conditions.
- A U.N. Working Group found the United States of America and United Arab Emirates jointly responsible for Mr. B.'s arbitrary detention in Emirates Humanitarian City under conditions meeting deprivation of liberty criteria.
- Evacuated by private U.S. operators, Mr. B, a former police force colonel who worked with U.S. forces and faced Taliban threats, was told he would stay 14 days in the UAE before U.S. transfer during the 2021 U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan.
- The five-member Working Group asked both states to provide compensation and reparations, while Human Rights Watch described Emirates Humanitarian City as `essentially a prison` holding as many as 2,700 Afghans.
- Mr. B was transferred to the United States in early 2024 and is now at liberty, while the U.N. Working Group on Arbitrary Detention has no enforcement mechanism though its findings often lead to releases.
- The U.N. said the U.S. violated the 1966 International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, the report added that actions contravened the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, and rights organizations called the case emblematic of thousands affecting vulnerable refugees.
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UN finds US and UAE responsible for Afghan refugee’s detention
A UN body has found that the United States and the United Arab Emirates are jointly responsible for holding an Afghan man in arbitrary detention in Abu Dhabi for over two years in a case rights groups say is emblematic of thousands of others. The man, a former police force colonel who had worked with US forces and received threats from the Islamist Taliban movement, was evacuated with his family during the hurried US exit from Afghanistan in 202…
UN body finds US and UAE responsible for Afghan refugee's arbitrary detention
A U.N. body has found that the United States and the United Arab Emirates are jointly responsible for holding an Afghan man in arbitrary detention in Abu Dhabi for over two years in a case rights groups say is emblematic of thousands of others.
UN Holds US And UAE Accountable For Arbitrary Detention Of Afghan Refugee
A United Nations body has determined that the United States and the United Arab Emirates share responsibility for the unlawful detention of an Afghan refugee in Abu Dhabi for more than two years. Rights organizations highlight this case as representative of thousands of similar instances affecting vulnerable refugees. The man, a former police force colonel who had worked with U.S. forces and received threats from the Islamist Taliban movement, w…
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