9 centres launched in UAE for amnesty seekers

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July 23, 2018

Abu Dhabi, Jul 23: The Federal Authority for Identity and Citizenship has launched a media campaign for the "Protect Yourself by Modifying Your Status" initiative that grants a three-month grace period for illegal residents to rectify their status or leave the country without facing fines or legal issues.

Amnesty seekers will be registered at nine immigration centres across the UAE. In Abu Dhabi, the registration center will be at immigration offices in Shahama, Al Ain and Gharbia in the western region. In Dubai the registration center will be in Al Aweer while in other emirates, the registration centers will be an the main immigration offices.

The amnesty registration centres will operate from 8am to 8pm Sunday to Thursday.

The time period to rectify illegal residency in the UAE will begin from August 1, 2018, till October 31. People that have overstayed their visit or residence visas or those having labour issues, will have the option to either rectify their status, or exit the country. If they choose to stay in the UAE, any fees or fines they might have incurred as a result of their illegal stay will be waived, according to authorities.

"We call upon people staying illegally in the country to use this opportunity to modify their status without facing fines or leave the country without a re-entry ban," Brigadier Saeed Rakan Al Rashid, director of Residence Affairs at the Federal Authority for Identity and Citizenship said in Monday during a media briefing in Abu Dhabi.

"This is a great opportunity for all those wanting to modify their status and continue to stay in the country. This is also chance for these people to get jobs after they have modified their status."

The amnesty benefits according to authorities include; exemption from fines, departure without ban stamp and return after departure and the ability to modify your status inside the country against a minimal amount of Dh500.

People that have modified their status can also avail of the job opportunities by registering at the virtual labour market available on the official website of the Ministry of Human Resources and Emiratisation.

People that have rectified their status can also avail of the privilege of obtaining a six-months temporary visa.

The amnesty also grants a one-year residence visa for families in war-ton countries including Syria and Yemen.

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UN condemns Israeli regime’s ‘organized torture’ against Palestinians

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November 30,2025

The United Nations Committee against Torture (CAT) has condemned the Israeli regime for enforcing a policy of “organized torture” against Palestinians.

In a report published on Friday, CAT stated that the occupying regime enforces a deliberate policy of “organized and widespread torture and ill-treatment” against Palestinian abductees, particularly since October 7, 2023, when Israel launched its genocidal war on Gaza.

The committee expressed “deep concern over repeated severe beatings, dog attacks, electrocution, water-boarding, use of prolonged stress positions [and] sexual violence” inflicted on Palestinians.

Palestinian prisoners were degraded by “being made to act like animals or being urinated on,” systematically denied medical care, and subjected to excessive restraints, “in some cases resulting in amputation,” the report added.

CAT also condemned the routine application of “unlawful combatants law” to justify the prolonged detention without trial of thousands of Palestinian men, women, and children.

More than 10,000 Palestinians, including women and children, are currently held in Israeli prisons, according to Palestinian and international human rights groups, with 3,474 Palestinians in “administrative detention,” meaning they are imprisoned without trial for indefinite periods.

The report highlighted the “high proportion of children who are currently detained without charge or on remand,” noting that while Israel sets the age of criminal responsibility at 12, even younger children have been abducted.

Children designated as security prisoners face severe restrictions on family contact, may be subjected to solitary confinement, and are denied access to education, in clear violation of international law.

The committee further suggested that Israel’s policies across the Occupied Territories constitute collective torture against the Palestinian population.

“A range of policies adopted by Israel in the course of its continued unlawful presence in the Occupied Palestinian Territory amounts to cruel, inhuman or degrading living conditions for the Palestinian population,” the report said.

On Thursday, the Palestinian resistance movement Hamas condemned the systematic killing and torture of Palestinian abductees in Israeli prisons, urging international action to halt these abuses.

Citing human rights data, Hamas stated that 94 Palestinians have been killed in Israeli prisons since the start of Tel Aviv’s genocidal war on Gaza.

“This reflects an organized criminal approach that has turned these prisons into direct killing grounds to eliminate our people,” the resistance movement said.

Hamas called on the international community, the UN, and human rights organizations to immediately pressure Israel to end crimes against prisoners and uphold their rights as guaranteed by all international conventions and norms.

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