Rumaithi will be re-tried in the UAE on the same charges according to UAE law
Jordan extradites convicted Emirati activist to UAE
Khalaf Abd al-Rahman Humaid al-Rumaithi, who was sentenced by the UAE in absentia in 2013 to 15 years imprisonment on charges of establishing a secret organisation affiliated with the Muslim Brotherhood, was arrested and handed over to the Gulf state by Jordanian authorities.
Wednesday 17/05/2023
Rumaithi will be re-tried in the UAE on the same charges according to UAE law
DUBAI - An Emirati-Turkish man sentenced by the United Arab Emirates in absentia in 2013 to 15 years imprisonment has been sent to the UAE after being detained in Jordan, UAE state media said on Wednesday.
UAE state news agency WAM said Khalaf Abd al-Rahman Humaid al-Rumaithi was arrested and handed over to the UAE by Jordanian authorities.
Rumaithi had been sentenced in 2013 in absentia "on charges of establishing a secret organisation affiliated with the terrorist Muslim Brotherhood that aims to oppose the foundational principles of the UAE government", WAM said.
Rumaithi will be re-tried in the UAE on the same charges according to UAE law, WAM said.
Jordan had detained Rumaithi at Amman's international airport on May 7 when he arrived from Turkey, where he had been living in exile.