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Trial opens for pro-reform activists in Emirates
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The Associated Press
Date: Tuesday Jun. 14, 2011 6:06 AM ET
ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates — Court officials say five activists have gone on trial on security-related charges as part of a crackdown on political dissent in the United Arab Emirates.
The closed-door proceedings Tuesday in Abu Dhabi's Federal Supreme Court comes after international watchdog groups, including human rights groups, criticized the arrests.
The UAE has not faced street protests inspired by the Arab uprisings, but authorities have moved aggressively to silence pro-reform advocates. Among the five arrested are a prominent blogger and a frequent lecturer at the Abu Dhabi branch of Paris' Sorbonne university.
Before the trial opened, pro-government supporters staged a rally outside the court to denounce the suspects as traitors.
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