HRW urges UAE to reverse dissolution of civil rights group

[JURIST] Human Rights Watch (HRW) [advocacy website] on Friday urged [press release] the government of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to reverse its decision to dissolve the board of directors of a prominent civil rights group. UAE social affairs minister, Mariam Mohammed Khalfan Al-Roumi, dismissed the elected board members of the Jurist Association civil rights group and appointed state officials in their stead. The decree dismissing the board members alleged that the Jurist Association violated UAE’s recently enacted laws that…