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The first time academic @N_BinGhaith was arrested, lawyer @DrAlRoken helped free him.Now they're both jailed in #UAE😔


@omeisy As said repeatedly to BBC et al. No way UAE busted him out from AQ. 1) He wasn't with them 2) It was negotiated release.All UAE spin

.@Abdulkhaleq_UAE No, in a patrimonial state it's very much same world. Moreover he repeatedly engages on such topics in newspaper pieces.

.@Abdulkhaleq_UAE The minister of state for foreign affairs - a sort of roving ambassador - has repeatedly referred to the Islah case.

.@Abdulkhaleq_UAE Notably the narrative it has spun to justify the mass incarceration of political prisoners in #UAE. In particular #UAE94.

.@MStephensGulf My reading of this is that UK govt was presented with narrative of 'hostage freed by #UAE operation' - & it accepted this.

.@Abdulkhaleq_UAE On balance, I put more stock in factual accuracy of official AQ spokesmen than the #UAE MOFA (known for making things up).

@dr_davidson OPEC’s Perfect Storm http://mebriefing.com/?p=1887

PT 'AQAP was not holding Semple hostage and that it was local tribesmen who were detaining the Brit.' Maybe "Southern resistance fighters"?

PT 'The #UAE paid a ransom to #Yemen tribesmen to free a British held hostage, according to source close to exiled Abd Rabbuh Mansour Hadi.'

So #UAE didn't mount special ops mission to 'free' UK hostage in #Aden from AQAP -instead random was paid to a tribe? http://www.middleeasteye.net/news/uae-paid-ransom-yemeni-tribesmen-free-british-hostage-1676587015 …

#Algeria's 'decision-makers' oil regime heading for bust - tries to rein in the blackmarket it has long tolerated: http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-08-26/algeria-targets-hidden-40-billion-as-oil-price-pleas-ignored …

#Kuwait blogger sentenced to 4 years imprisonment: http://m.gulfnews.com/news/gulf/kuwait/kuwaiti-blogger-sentenced-to-four-years-1.1573093 …

.@Abdulkhaleq_UAE Probably in same bracket as MOFA in terms of credibility. By the way, any news of fellow academic Nasser bin Ghaith?

PT "The incident that the #UAE government claims took place with its special forces did not happen." - AQAP #Yemen

Remember that UK hostage that #UAE 'freed' from Al-Qaeda in #Yemen? AQ says they never heard of him: http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2015/08/al-qaeda-denies-holding-uk-hostage-freed-yemen-150826133240257.html … (h/t @sami4472)