UAE drops terrorism charges against Libyans
Source: BBC
UAE drops terrorism charges against Libyans
22 March 2016 Middle East
Prosecutors in the UAE have reportedly dropped terrorism charges against two Libyan-Americans and a Libyan-Canadian who have been detained for 18 months.
Kamal and Mohamed al-Darrat and Salim Alaradi were informed of the decision on Monday, Mr Alaradi's lawyer said.
However, the men will now face lesser charges of providing supplies to groups in a foreign country and collecting donations without official permission.
UN experts said last month that they were being arbitrarily detained.
There was evidence the three men and two other Libyans, Adel Rajab Nasef and Moad al-Hashmi, had been tortured and forced to sign confessions, they added.
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