UAE: Rulers’ Ramadan pardons


Issue 1060 - 25 May 2018 | 1 minute read

Well over 2,000 prisoners were released early from the UAE’s prisons, as rulers of the seven emirates indulged in their traditional habit of issuing pardons to mark the start of Ramadan. The largest batch – 935-strong – were released on the orders of President Sheikh Khalifa Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan.

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