UAE prisoner convicted in mass trial dies in prison

A UAE national, Ali Abdullah Fateh Ali Al-Khaja, has died in prison after being detained for over 13 years for his political views. He was arrested in 2012 and convicted in a 2013 mass trial of 94 activists for alleged ties to Al-Islah, a political group affiliated with the Muslim Brotherhood. The trial occurred during the Arab Spring as the UAE government cracked down on groups it viewed as a threat to its rule. Despite his sentence ending in 2022, authorities continued to detain him and initiated another trial, reflecting the country's intolerance for political dissent.