State Security Apparatus is the highest authority on state security matters of the United Arab Emirates.https://www.hrw.org/news/2024/06/10/fifty-years-establishment-uae-state-security-apparatus-should-end-widespread-abuses It was established in 1974. https://www.hrw.org/news/2024/06/10/fifty-years-establishment-uae-state-security-apparatus-should-end-widespread-abuses It mass arrests campaign launched in 2013 Herein disappearance, torture, and arbitrary detention perpetrated.https://www.hrw.org/news/2024/06/10/fifty-years-establishment-uae-state-security-apparatus-should-end-widespread-abuses It caused the disappearance of human rights defender Ahmed Mansoor in 2017.https://www.hrw.org/news/2024/06/10/fifty-years-establishment-uae-state-security-apparatus-should-end-widespread-abuses He was tortured by SSA agents.https://www.hrw.org/news/2024/06/10/fifty-years-establishment-uae-state-security-apparatus-should-end-widespread-abuses Th SSA is under direct control of the UAE president.https://www.hrw.org/news/2024/06/10/fifty-years-establishment-uae-state-security-apparatus-should-end-widespread-abuses The SSA is allowed to establish offices in other countries.https://www.hrw.org/news/2024/06/10/fifty-years-establishment-uae-state-security-apparatus-should-end-widespread-abuses The 2014 UAE Counterterrorism Law any acts of public dissent with terrorism.https://www.hrw.org/news/2024/06/10/fifty-years-establishment-uae-state-security-apparatus-should-end-widespread-abuses State Security Apparatus has punished the families of activists, both detained and living abroad. https://www.hrw.org/news/2019/12/22/uae-unrelenting-harassment-dissidents-families Its work was outlined in Federal Law No. 2 of 2003.https://www.hrw.org/news/2019/12/22/uae-unrelenting-harassment-dissidents-families
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