Teen on trial for going to Syria to join Daesh
abu dhabi — A 17-year-old Emirati boy stood trial in the Federal Supreme Court on Monday for allegedly travelling to Syria to join Daesh. The public prosecution charged the youngsters with travelling to Turkey and sneaking across the border to Syria. He is also believed to have pledged allegiance to the Daesh chief.
The prosecutors also charged the defendant with taking part in the military drills and training on carrying arms in special camps of the terror group. He is also believed to have participated in combat operations.
This was one of the cases that the State Security Circuit at the supreme court heard on Monday. The defendant denied the charges, and the judge adjourned the case to April 25. In another case, M.A.S.A., an Emirati girl aged 18, stood trial on charges of setting up and administering an online portal website
known as aljanan_7@ on Twitter. According to the charges levelled against her by the state security prosecution, the defendant had published on the site false information, which may cause damage to the reputation of the country and its institutions.
“She also wrote abusive and defamatory posts on the UAE, its leaders, policy and official institutions,” said the arraignment sheet. She was also accused of publishing information on the same website on Twitter, which may cause damage to the name of the state security agency of the country.
In reply to a question by the judge, she said she had written this information unintentionally and without a purpose to affront anyone, nor any government institution or entity. The defence attorney, Hamdan Al Zayoudi, asked the court to postpone the hearing to view and examine the investigation files. The court adjourned the hearing to May 2, 2016.
In another case the court postponed the case of the Yemeni Muslims Brotherhood Organisation in the UAE, in which 19 persons are involved — 15 Yemenis and four Emiratis, to May 2 to hear the proceedings of the prosecutors and to May 9 to hear the pleadings of the defence lawyers.
In another case, three Lebanese have been sentenced to six months in jail for spying for Hezbollah terror group.
Presiding judge Falah Al Hajiri found the trio guilty and ordered their deportation after serving jail term.The court also convicted Ali Jassim Ramadan Al Beloushi of spying for Iran, and ordered him to stay behind bars for three years.
2 charged for joining Al Islah
In another case, the public prosecution of the state security circuit charged two Emiratis for joining Al Islah organisation, an affiliate of the Muslim Brotherhood. One of the defendants was present in the courtroom, while the other’s lawyer apologised for not attending the hearing. His lawyer said his client was unable to attend due to health reasons.
The defence attorney of the pair requested the court to postpone the hearing to view and study the investigation files.
The defendant told the court that he had not viewed the files and investigation papers, nor had he been briefed on the indictments sheet, claiming that he was incarcerated in a confinement cell, and the management of the prison did not allow him to meet with his lawyer.
The defendant asked the judge to be shifted to a public jail to improve his imprisonment conditions. The judge, however asked the public prosecution to take note of the demands of the defendant, and adjourned the hearing to May 2, 2016.