Former United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Mary Robinson speaks at the World Green Economy Summit at Expo 2020 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, October 6, 2021. REUTERS/Alexander Cornwell
DUBAI (Reuters) -Former U.N. human rights commissioner Mary Robinson, visiting Dubai, urged the United Arab Emirates on Wednesday to free a pro-democracy campaigner jailed in 2018 for criticising the government on social media.
Rights groups say Ahmed Mansoor, who is serving a 10-year sentence, may be suffering treatment amounting to torture. The UAE has denied mistreating him.
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