Crackdown on Al-Islah continues

UAE authorities have again targeted Islamist group Al-Islah, arresting at least eight more members in 48 hours. High-profile lawyer Mohammad Al-Rokn was among those detained in a wave of house raids and detentions that began in the early hours of 16 July. All are members of Jamiat Al-Islah wa Tawjih (Association for Reform and Guidance), an Islamist group with a similar ideology to the Muslim Brotherhood that has been subject to an increasingly intense crackdown by state security since the start of the Arab Spring (GSN 924/3).