Dr.Nasser bin Ghaith, a lecturer at the Abu Dhabi branch of Paris’ Sorbonne University. “He wrote in a blog post before his arrest, ‘benefits and handouts’ assuming their citizens are not like other Arabs or other human beings, who see freedom as a need no less significant than other physical needs,”
A statement from bin Ghaith was leaked from al-Wathba prison, declaring that he and the other defendants would boycott the October 02 hearing because the court was a “farce and facade meant to legitimise and make credible verdicts and penalties that may have already been decided”.
”It is purely an attempt to punish me and those with me for our political opinions and our stances on certain national issues. Thus, I refuse to play the role written for me or to participate in this trial” he said, explaining the boycott”.
