(MENAFN- Emirates News Agency (WAM)) Legal, security and human rights experts here are in unanimous agreement that the UAE's execution of convicted killer Alaa Al Hashemi sends a strong message to terrorist organisations.
The head of the Emirates Human Rights Association, Mohammad Salem Al Kaabi, said that the swift execution of justice displays the UAE's firm and unwavering reaction to crimes that undermine its social peace.
"The fact that the execution was also carried out against one of the UAE's own citizens also reveals that the UAE is a country of law and that it really is the 'First in the World Justice Project's Rule of Law Index in the Mena Region' as it was dubbed just yesterday," he was quoted by Gulf News daily .
"This act of justice also tells the world that terrorism has no place in the UAE, and that this country will deal with any individual who dares to intervene in public safety with an iron fist. The procedures taken during Alaa's trial were fair, clear and in accordance with the law," he added.
The human rights experts also confirmed that Alaa was given her civil rights in defending herself and that all evidence was presented without tampering.
"The trial itself, which lasted for months on end, is another indicator of the UAE's fairness for all defendants," he added.
Political analyst and former political science professor in UAE University, Dr. Abdul Khaliq Abdullah, told the daily that capital punishment sentences are very rare in the UAE and that while many are issued, few are ever carried out.
"The verdict was issued on June 29 and quickly performed soon after and this is evidence that the UAE is very serious in moving forward in combating terrorism with all its resources," he said.
Dr. Abdullah said that cultural norms have often prevented women from getting the death penalty in the past but that this case is different.
The Dubai-daily concluded by quoting him as saying, "Our culture has an unwritten rule that women do not get executed for the sake of tradition but this incident is completely different from all others and, therefore, norms and cultural influences had no role to play in the outcome of the sentence."
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