(MENAFN- Khaleej Times) The Arab League has rejected the European Parliament's (EP) report on human rights in the UAE, terming it as "prejudiced and inaccurate".
The League wondered about the way the EP dealt with sensitive issues without consulting the UAE through its constitutional, executive, legislative and social institutions.
In a statement on Thursday, Arab League's Deputy Secretary-General Ahmed bin Helli said the report issued by the parliament on 'human rights violations' in the UAE is unfair, pointing out that the European Union has its standards while the Arab countries have the Arab Charter for Human Rights.
"We all know that the UAE is an open country to the world, and home to more than 193 nationalities working in it," he said, adding that "it (the UAE) has investments, socio-economic activities, and everyone realises that it is one of the open countries in the world, and everything is transparent here. Accordingly, these descriptions and reports should be based on facts and principles before being declared".
Bin Helli said Bahrain has introduced an initiative for the establishment of an Arab court for human rights, and efforts are being made towards implementation of this initiative, which has been approved by the Arab foreign ministers, subject to ratification in the forthcoming Arab Summit.
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