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Prix International des droits de l’homme Ludovic-Trarieux 2017
Ludovic-Trarieux International Human Rights Prize 2017
Internationalen Ludovic-Trarieux-Menschenrechtspreis 2017
Premio Internazionale per i Diritti Umani Ludovic Trarieux 2017
Ludovic Trarieux Internationale Mensenrechtenprijs 2017
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COMMUNIQUIE DE PRESSE FR-UK2017
http://www.uianet.org/fr/content/lavocat-%C3%A9mirati-mohammed-al-roken-prix-internation (FRANCAIS)
May 27, 2017
A UAE lawyer sentenced to 10 years in 2013 for plotting against the regime was on Saturday awarded a major human rights award.
Mohammed al-Roken was among 69 people jailed on charges of conspiring to overthrow the government following a mass trial criticised by rights groups.
Awarding him the Ludovic Trarieux Award, the prize committee said Roken had devoted two decades to defending fundamental freedoms.
A former head of the UAE Jurists’ Association, Roken, 54, was arrested in July 2012, after taking on the defence of several government opponents, including seven islamists.
The prize jury lamented that Roken’s trial had gone ahead behind closed doors and demanded his immediate release.
Amnesty International’s Middle East and North Africa deputy director at the time staunchly criticised both the proceedings and the verdicts.
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https://fr.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prix_Ludovic-Trarieux (FRANCAIS)
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http://www.ludovictrarieux.org/sp-page3.callplt2017.htm (ESPANOL)
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http://beritakita.co/2017/05/28/pengacara-mohammed-al-roken-dianugerahi-penghargaan-utama-ham/ (INDONESIAN)
2017 Dr #Mohamed_Al_Roken winner of Ludovic Trarieux #HumanRights prize2017
September 22, 2016
The UIA invites you to support Dr. Mohammed Al-Roken, by signing an open letter to the Emirati government drafted by the International Centre for Justice and Human Rights (ICJHR) and calling for his release (see below).
Dr. Mohammand Al-Roken is a prominent Emirati human rights lawyer, former President of the UAE’s Jurists Association and former member of the UIA.
He was arrested as part of a wave of mass arrests that began in March 2012.
In July 2013, after a trial that was qualified as arbitrary by observers, Dr. Al-Roken was sentenced to 10 years of imprisonment, of which 3 were in probation for “establishing an organization that aims at overthrowing the government”, a charge he denied in court. He was also banned from practicing law.
Dr. Mohammed Al-Roken has devoted his life to the defense and promotion of the human rights and fundamental freedoms of others, emphasizing their universal essence and indivisibility.
Due to his human rights work and his defense of lawyers and political activists of all backgrounds, over the past 10 years Dr. Mohammed Al-Roken was the target of continual harassment and surveillance proceedings. He has been arrested and detained several times, subjected to a travel ban, and also subjected to enforced disappearance.
Every name counts, so please add your name and the name of your function/organization by emailing the ICJHR at icjhr.geneva@gmail.com.
For a detailed description of his case, please see the report below.
http://www.uianet.org/fr/content/call-release-dr-mohammed-al-roken-emirati-lawyer-a
August 16, 2016
Manchester’s political and footballing leaders must use their close commercial ties with the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to urge the Gulf state to end torture, abolish modern slavery and free jailed activists, two leading human rights charities have said.
In two letters, seen exclusively by Middle East Eye, Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International have used the the forthcoming 197th anniversary of the Peterloo Massacre of protesters calling for political reform in the UK to demand Manchester City Council and Manchester City Football Club use their links to the oil-rich Gulf state to call on its leadership to respect human rights.
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This letter to the two council leaders goes on to call for the UAE to investigate allegations of torture, to allow the United Nations Special Rapporteur on Torture access to the country, to repeal laws that allow for the physical chastisement of women, desist from arbitrarily deporting workers who demand their right to strike and to release human rights defenders, including Mohamed al-Roken, a lawyer sentenced to 10 years in jail for voicing dissent.
The letter reads: “The United Arab Emirates is currently a place where people risk their liberty by making their voices heard and by speaking out, including against human rights violations. It is a country where modern forms of slavery can still flourish on account of its leaders’ refusal to enact and enforce laws, where laws and policies make women – UAE citizens as well as foreign residents – highly vulnerable to physical and sexual abuse, and where people who criticise its rulers or express a desire for even modest democratic reforms are labelled terrorists, subjected to unfair trials, and sentenced to lengthy prison sentences.”
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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/james-dorsey/soccer-investments-reputa_b_11558844.html
http://www.idhae.org/observatoire-fr-page4.1.moyor.eau16.htm (FRANCAIS)
