human rights defender
Khalifa Rabia
Actions and Campaigns
human rights defender
Actions and Campaigns
Man
In prison (sentenced)
Khalifa Rabia is a businessman from Fujairah city. He was arrested in July 2013 over a tweet he made in solidarity with the defendants in the UAE 94 trial.
Jul 23, 2013
30 years in prison
Upon his arrest, Rabia was subjected to forced disappearance and torture. He was also held without any charges and denied contact with his family.
Latitude: 23.725350618906106
Longitude: 54.91778169617858
Abu Dhabi
Alrazeen prison
On 10 March 2014, Rabia was sentenced to five years in prison and fined 500,000 AED (US $136,127). Even though his sentence expired on 23 July 2018, he remained detained in the Munasaha Center in Al-Razeen Prison known as prison counseling section. On December 7, 2023, a new mass trial began before the Abu Dhabi Federal Court of Appeal, where Rabia was retried for new terrorism charges. On 10 July 2024, the Abu Dhabi Federal Appeals Court meted out sentences ranging from between 10 years to life in prison for 53 defendants in the UAE’s second largest unfair mass trial which is known as the UAE84 case. Rabia was sentenced to life in prison, which is tantamount to 25 years in prison, “for the crime of establishing, founding and managing” the Justice and Dignity Committee, allegedly “with the aim of committing terrorist acts on the country’s soil”.
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Khalifa Rabia is a businessman from Fujairah city. He was arrested in July 2013 over a tweet he made in solidarity with the defendants in the UAE 94 trial.
Latitude: 23.725350618906106
Longitude: 54.91778169617858
30 years in prison
On 10 March 2014, Rabia was sentenced to five years in prison and fined 500,000 AED (US $136,127). Even though his sentence expired on 23 July 2018, he remained detained in the Munasaha Center in Al-Razeen Prison known as prison counseling section. On December 7, 2023, a new mass trial began before the Abu Dhabi Federal Court of Appeal, where Rabia was retried for new terrorism charges. On 10 July 2024, the Abu Dhabi Federal Appeals Court meted out sentences ranging from between 10 years to life in prison for 53 defendants in the UAE’s second largest unfair mass trial which is known as the UAE84 case. Rabia was sentenced to life in prison, which is tantamount to 25 years in prison, “for the crime of establishing, founding and managing” the Justice and Dignity Committee, allegedly “with the aim of committing terrorist acts on the country’s soil”.
Upon his arrest, Rabia was subjected to forced disappearance and torture. He was also held without any charges and denied contact with his family.