United Arab Emirates

Life in the UAE: ‘We expect anything from the authorities - we are afraid of everything’

24 May 2013

Two of the 94 people on trial in the UAE talk to Amnesty International about the state of freedom of expression in the country. May 24, 2013 International The two men are so scared they don't want to be named. They know that if the authorities in their home country, the United Arab Emirates, hear them criticize the human rights situation in the country, their families will pay a high price. Both ...

UAE's $3 bln aid for Egypt "will take time": UAE finmin

24 May 2013

SIR BU NUAYR ISLAND, United Arab Emirates (Reuters) - T he $3 billion in aid that the United Arab Emirates pledged for Egypt in 2011 will "take time" to be transferred, the UAE Finance Minister and Dubai Deputy Ruler said on Friday. "We are going in the right way but it will take time. I cannot tell you exactly when but they (the funds) are on the way," Sheikh Hamdan bin Rashid al-Maktoum told ...

Research and Markets: Merchant Family Series: United Arab Emirates' Al-Futtaim family

24 May 2013

Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Merchant Family Series: United Arab Emirates' Al-Futtaim