The Abu Dhabi Federal Appeals Court held a listening to on Wednesday through which a number of people and entities have been accused of creating and managing a terrorist organisation underneath the title of the “Justice and Dignity Committee”.
Case No (87) of 2023 State Security additionally noticed the 84 defendants, principally linked to the Muslim Brotherhood, accused of cash laundering proceeds from the organisation, which aimed to organise protests and demonstrations towards the State and provoke violence towards safety companies.
The court docket session witnessed the presence of the defence counsels for the defendants within the case, in addition to the presence of numerous the defendants’ households and representatives of assorted media shops.
It lasted over 5 hours, throughout which the Public Prosecution Side introduced their plea and proof, which included paperwork, technical stories, audio and visible materials, statements, and confessions.
The prosecution additionally introduced proof of confessions and statements by the defendants that have been in keeping with the investigations of the State Security Apparatus and the testimonies of media specialists, who have been tasked with monitoring and analysing the defendants’ media and digital exercise and the content material of the tweets and blogs they printed as a part of the organisation’s motion plan.
The prosecution affirmed in its pleas that this case is totally totally different from Case No. 79 of 2012 State Security, and isn’t a retrial of the accused.
The court docket is scheduled to proceed listening to the Public Prosecution’s pleas on fifteenth February.
