On Tuesday 2 October, CAP Freedom of Conscience co-sponsored an event at the Geneva Press Club on “Silencing dissent: mass trials in the United Arab Emirates”. During the 59th session of the Human Rights Council, the organisation had hosted a similar side event at the United Nations to highlight the crisis of arbitrary detention in the United Arab Emirates following mass trials, and to examine the country’s persistent failure to comply with international standards. The post HRC 60 side-...
