Alaa Al-Saddiq
Alaa Al-Saddiq ( Arabic آلاء محمد الصدّيق ) ( was bon in UAE ) She is a Prominent UAE activist [1][2][3]
Biography[edit]
Alaa was the executive director of the United Kingdom-based ALQST, a non-profit organization that advocates for greater freedoms and human rights in the UAE and the wider Gulf region [4][5]
Al-Siddiq served as the executive director of rights group Al-Qst, who confirmed her death on Sunday.[6][7]
Al-Siddiq gained asylum in the UK, along with her ex-husband Abdulrahman Omar, in 2018, when they were both driven out of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) during its campaign against dissidents between 2011-12. [8]
Siddiq, a UAE national, initially sought political asylum with Omar in Qatar, where she lived with relatives before following him to the UK. [9] Her father, Mohammad al-Siddiq, is also a prominent activist who has been held in detention by Emirati Regime since 2013 [10][11]
References[edit]
- ↑ staff, Zahid Mahmood and CNN. "Emirati rights activist Alaa Al-Siddiq dies in car accident". CNN. Retrieved 2021-06-22.
- ↑ "Alaa al-Siddiq: Prominent Emirati rights activist dies in car crash in London". Middle East Eye. Retrieved 2021-06-20.
- ↑ "تساؤلات عن أسباب وفاة آلاء الصديق أشهر معارضة إماراتية في حادث سير ببريطانيا". القدس العربي. 2021-06-20. Retrieved 2021-06-20.
- ↑ "وفاة الإماراتية آلاء الصديق". www.eremnews.com (in العربية). Retrieved 2021-06-20.
- ↑ "وفاة الناشطة الإماراتية آلاء الصديق". www.aljazeera.net (in العربية). Retrieved 2021-06-20.
- ↑ "https://twitter.com/alqst_en/status/1406517169660252166". Twitter. Retrieved 2021-06-20. External link in
|title=(help) - ↑ Staff, The New Arab. "Prominent UAE rights activist Alaa al-Siddiq killed in London road accident". https://english.alaraby.co.uk/. Retrieved 2021-06-20. External link in
|website=(help) - ↑ "وفاة الحقوقية الإماراتية آلاء الصديق بحادث سير في لندن". عربي21 (in العربية). 2021-06-20. Retrieved 2021-06-20.
- ↑ "وفاة المعارضة الإماراتية آلاء الصديق "بشكل مفاجئ"". BBC News عربي (in العربية). 2021-02-12. Retrieved 2021-06-20.
- ↑ Staff, Reuters (2012-04-09). "UAE detains 6 Islamists stripped of citizenship: lawyer". Reuters. Retrieved 2021-06-20.
- ↑ "Subscribe to read | Financial Times". www.ft.com. Retrieved 2021-06-20.
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