News Source: Reuters
| about 1 month ago
A U.S. citizen of Lebanese origin has been sentenced by a United Arab Emirates court to 18 months in prison on terrorist charges relating to Israel and Iraq, newspapers reported on Tuesday. Naji Hamdan was found guilty of funding and supporting...
News Source: Yedioth Ahronoth
| about 1 month ago
Anti-terrorism laws in the Emirates have been often expanded to muzzle political dissent and have drawn sharp criticism from international rights groups. (AP)
News Source: United Press International
| about 1 month ago
A U.S. man of Lebanese origin must spend 18 months in a United Arab Emirates jail for supporting terrorism, a court in Abu Dhabi has ruled. Naji Hamdan, who has been imprisoned in the UAE for 14 months, was convicted of supporting terrorism and of...
News Source: Uinta County News
| about 1 month ago
Defendant Naji Hamdan pleaded not guilty to accusations of links with Islamist militants in Iraq and said he had confessed under torture. He has been held for more than a year and could be freed soon because the sentence takes account of time served.
News Source: The Boston Globe
| about 1 month ago
United Arab Emirates— The United Arab Emirates' highest court convicted an American citizen Monday on terrorism-related charges amid claims that torture was used to extract a confession. The court sentenced Naji Hamdan to 18 months in prison, but...
News Source: NOW Lebanon
| about 1 month ago
Naji Hamdan, a 43-year-old Lebanese-American man accused in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) of having links to an Iraqi militant group was sentenced on Monday to 18 months in prison followed by deportation. The Federal Supreme Court pronounced the...