Mustafa Al Zarooni

UAE journalist elected member of IFJ panel on gender equality

Secretary of the UAE Journalists Association Muna Bu Samra has been elected member of the executive committee of the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) Commission on Gender Equality at the federation’s general conference, which kicked off in the Irish Captial of Dublin on Tuesday.

Sedition: Defence 
dismisses charges

The months-long trial of 94 people accused of sedition and trying to overthrow the UAE government will come to close on July 2, when the verdict is due to be delivered.