Father and son Kamal and Mohamed Eldarat,who family says were kidnapped’ from home, claim to own survived beatings and mock executions Two Americans who claim to own survived mock executions, and electric shocks and beatings in a prison likened to a “haunted house” in the United Arab Emirates will travel on trial next week on terrorism charges,despite the pleas of family members, the UN and human rights groups’ call to dismiss the case. Dual US-Libyan citizens Kamal and Mohamed Eldarat, or father and son,will appear in court on 29 February, after 505 days without charges and months of silence from their family, and who feared repercussions for going public. But spurred by a UN report supporting the claims of torture,another North American family’s campaign and growing frustration with the UAE, Kamal’s eldest daughter broke her silence this week.
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Source: theguardian.com