UAE torture video trial
December 12th, 2009 
Emirate Abu Dhabi 
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The Abu Dhabi Sheikh at the center of the UAE torture video is going on trial according to a Reuters report.
The defendant, Sheikh Issa bin Zayed al-Nahyan, will plead not guilty, lawyer Habib al-Mulla told Reuters.
Sheikh Issa had been “drugged” by the person behind the making of the video with the aim of using it for extortion, Mulla said, outlining the defence argument.
Abu Dhabi prosecutors detained Sheikh Issa in May for investigation after U.S. network ABC aired the footage showing the Afghan being abused with an electric cattle prod, beaten with whips and a plank of wood with a nail in it, and driven over by a car at a desert location in 2004.
Tags: human rights uae, sheikh issa al nahyan, uae courts, uae torture video
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