An Emirati court has sentenced 57 Bangladeshi expatriates to lengthy prison terms for protesting against their government in the Gulf country, where demonstrations are banned, state media reported Monday.
On Monday, the official Emirati news agency WAM said three Bangladeshi expatriates were sentenced to life, 53 others to 10 years in prison and one to 11 years for participating in protests. The defendants had gathered and incited riots in several streets across the United Arab Emirates on Friday, WAM said, adding they would be deported after the completion of their prison terms.
The Abu Dhabi Federal Court of Appeals ruling was made on Sunday after a swift investigation that had been ordered on Friday, WAM reported. It quoted a witness as saying that the defendants gathered and organised large-scale marches in several streets of the UAE in protest against decisions made by the Bangladeshi government.
Bangladeshis form the third largest expatriate group in the UAE, after Pakistanis and Indians, according to the UAE foreign ministry.
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