20/04/2016 JAL Case No Country Mandate(s) ARE 1/2016 United Arab Emirates Freedom of expression; Human rights defenders; Summary of the allegation transmitted Reply Allegations of arbitrary detention of a human rights defender despite his acquittal, 20/06/2016 as well as of revocation of citizenship of the children of another detained human rights defender. According to the information received, on 2 July 2013, Mr. Obaid Yousef al-Zaabi, a human rights defender and online activist, was arrested after posting a series of tweets criticizing the mass trial of 94 government critics and reform advocates, known as the “UAE 94”. On 4 August 2013, he was released on bail due to his poor health. On 12 December 2013, Mr. Al-Zaabi was re-arrested by State Security officers and charged under the Cybercrimes Law 2012. On 23 June 2014, the State Security Chamber of the Federal Supreme Court in Abu Dhabi acquitted Mr. Al-Zaabi of all charges. However, he remains in the prisoner ward of Sheikh Khalifa Medical City Hospital in Abu Dhabi. According to the information received, on 7 March 2016, the two daughters and son of Mr. Mohammed Abdul Razzaq Al-Siddiq, a human rights defender and online activist who was one of the UAE 94 and is serving a 10-year prison sentence in Al Razeen prison, were summoned to the Department of Migration in the Emirate of Sharjah, where they were informed that their citizenship had been revoked. Mr. Al-Zaabi was the subject of a previous communication sent on 6 August 2013, see A/HRC/25/74, case no. ARE 4/2013. A/HRC/33/32 58 Date Type