UAE dissident professor gets 10 years in jail over online activities

‘The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has sentenced a dissident professor to 10 years in jail for his online activities.
The UAE’s state news agency WAM reported that an Emirati citizen with the initials N.A.G. was sentenced by an Abu Dhabi federal appeals court on Wednesday.
Rights group Amnesty International identified the man as prominent dissident Nasser bin Ghaith.
“Today’s sentencing of prominent economist, academic and human rights defender Dr Nasser bin Ghaith to 10 years in prison is yet another devastating blow for freedom of expression in the United Arab Emirates,” said Amnesty’s Middle East research deputy director, Lynn Maalouf.’
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