Ahmed Mansoor,  a UAE blogger and Human Rights Activist charged and imprisoned in UAE.  He was arrested in the early hours of 20 March 2017 at his home in the emirate of ‘Ajman in the northern parts of the United Arab Emirates (UAE). On 29 May 2018, Ahmed Mansoor was sentenced to 10 years imprisonment and a fine of 1,000,000 Emirati Dirham (approximately USD $270,000). The court also ordered placing him under surveillance for three years following his release.

Ahmed Mansoor was tried and convicted on charges including “insulting the status and prestige of the UAE and its symbols” including its leaders, “publish[ing] false information to damage [the] UAE’s reputation abroad” and “portray[ing] the UAE as a lawless land.”

Please write to:

His Highness Sheikh Khalifa bin Zeyed Al Nahyan
President of the United Arab Emirates
Ministry of presidential affairs
Corniche Road
POB 280, Abu Dhabi, UAE

I am writing to ask you to take steps for immediate release of Ahmed Mansoor, a blogger, human rights defender and recipient of the prestigious Martin Ennals Award for Rights Defenders (2015).

We are calling on the UAE authorities to quash Ahmed Mansoor’s conviction and sentence and release him immediately and unconditionally as he is a prisoner of conscience, detained solely for peacefully exercising his right to freedom of expression and his human rights work.

Sincerely,