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UAE Risk Management Report - Federation: Government shrugs off criticism of crackdown on political dissent, spends big


Risk Management Reports
Issue 938 - 10 Jan 2013 | 1 minute read

Since late 2011, the UAE has arrested and detained dozens of people it says are a threat to national security,most of them members of Jamiat Al-Islah wa Tawjih, an Islamist group with links to the Muslim Brotherhood. Al-Islah denies any wrongdoing, and human rights groups have repeatedly condemned the crackdown on political activism.

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