Alia Abdulnoor, a terminal cancer patient who was serving a 10-year prison sentence in UAE, dies in jail amid reports that she was suffering degrading treatment
A photo shows Emirati flags set up for National Day in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Sunday, Dec. 2, 2018.
United Nations human rights experts in February called on UAE authorities to release Alia Abdulnoor to live her final days at home and said they were concerned about reports that she was suffering degrading treatment, including being chained to a bed under armed guard. "Family members said they believe her arrest was connected to small donations she made to Syrian families in 2011 at the outset of the Syrian uprising," Human Rights Watch said in a statement earlier this year.reports on Saturday of her death on social media platforms and Arabic language media.
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