A British man arrested in the United Arab Emirates for wearing a Qatar football shirt is being held in 'inhumane' and 'deplorable' conditions in an overcrowded jail alongside violent criminals, a pressure group says.
Ali Issa Ahmad, a chocolate factory worker from Wolverhampton, West Midlands, claims he was attacked as he left an Asian Cup match between Qatar and Iraq in January.
The 26-year-old Arsenal fan claims that he was arrested and accused of making up the assault when he went to police to report the attack, with officers saying his injuries were self-inflicted.
Ali Issa Ahmad, 26, from Wolverhampton, West Midlands, was arrested while on holiday in the UAE in January as he left an Asian Cup football match wearing a Qatar jersey
The UAE has made it a criminal offence to promote Qatar or express any sympathy for the state since 2017 after a breakdown in relations between the two countries.
Mr Ahmad now faces 15 years in jail after allegedly being forced to sign a confession in Arabic.
'We have a very precise understanding of what Ali is going through,' Radha Stirling, CEO and founder of pressure group Detained in Dubai, said.
'The situation in UAE detention centres is bleak, and particularly so in Sharjah, a less developed emirate in the country with an even more regressive attitude towards human rights.'
Detained: The 26-year-old is being held in a detention facility known for its 'inhumane' conditions in the emirate of Sharjah
Horrific conditions: The holding cells in the detention facility where Mr Ahmad is being held has a thin, dirty cloth mat laid over a hard cement floor, and inmates are packed in so tight some sleep sitting upright
She added: 'Briton Lee Bradley Brown was killed in UAE custody in 2011, and that was in Dubai; Sharjah is even less developed and subject to less scrutiny.
'Conditions in detention are deplorable.'
Ms Stirling said Mr Ahmad is being held in a detention facility where men are packed side by side in bare, windowless rooms so tightly that they don't have room to turn over.
Some rooms are so overcrowded that men sleep in a seated position, she says.
Each of the roughly dozen holding cells in the detention facility where Ahmad is being kept has a thin, dirty cloth mat laid over a hard cement floor.
Detainees are given a course blanket and most of them place them over their heads to block out the fluorescent lights that are kept on at all times.
Each room has one cramped bathroom with a squat toilet that doesn't flush.
All detainees are mixed together, so violent criminals are held alongside those charged with minor infractions, such as bouncing a cheque.
And harassment and abuse by guards and police officers is rife.
'Detainees are locked in the cells at all times,' Ms Stirling added.
Ahmad now faces 15 years in jail, and the British government is being urged to step in and help
'Guards are known to slam their truncheons against the bars of the cell doors throughout the night to prevent detainees from sleeping.
'Detainees are regularly verbally abused by the police; berated, humiliated and insulted and subjected to racial and ethnic slurs.
'Physical abuse by the police is also reported by Sharjah detainees as commonplace.'
She says that arguments and physical fights among detainees is also common due to the 'extremely tense, and often explosive environment.'
She adds that whether a detainee has access to the payphone or even medical care and visitation by friends and family is also up to the guards.
Ms Stirling has urged the British government to intervene and urge UAE authorities to dismiss the 'fabricated' case against Mr Ahmad.
'Ali Issa Ahmad went to the UAE for a holiday. He enjoyed a football match during the Asian Cup,' she said.
'Because he wore a Qatar team jersey, Ali was attacked, and because he reported that attack, he is in jail in extremely inhumane conditions.'
She added: 'The British government needs to strongly object to what is happening to Ali and urge the authorities in Sharjah to dismiss the fabricated case against him and let him come home.'
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