Sunday, January 10, 2010

Al-Jazeera Video: UAE sheikh cleared of torture - 10 Jan 10



"A court in Abu Dhabi has acquitted the man accused of beating an Afghan grain trader in 2004.
Sheikh Issa bin Zayed al-Nahayan, a member of the UAE royal family, claimed he was drugged by two other men, and therefore unaware of his actions, which included torturing the man with electric prods, driving over him and raping him.
The men who released the tape have been given five years in jail.

Al Jazeera's Zeina Awad reports."

COMMENT:

What a fraud and an outrage! This is the "justice" system of one of USrael's staunchest Arab allies.

The brothers who released the graphic tape showing clear evidence of torture are sentenced to 5 years in jail (for releasing "unauthorized" tape!), and the royal who committed the torture goes free!

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