A new report by Migrant Rights Research Open Repository (MRRORS), a Gulf-based civil society organisation, documents a coordinated campaign in the UAE involving the detention and deportation of Pakistani Shia migrants. Against the backdrop of the Iran war and growing securitisation across the Gulf, deportees allege they were targeted primarily on the basis of their Shia identity or suspected Iranian sympathy, and describe experiencing physical and verbal abuse in detention. […]
Other publications
Sep 2026
Submissions & RecommendationsKenya: Joint Submission to the UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women
Sep 2026
Submissions & RecommendationsJordan: Joint Submission to the UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women
Sep 2026
Submissions & RecommendationsRussia: Joint Submission to the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women
Aug 2026
Submissions & RecommendationsEl Salvador: Joint Submission to the UN Human Rights Committee
Aug 2026
Submissions & RecommendationsTrinidad and Tobago: Submission to the Committee on the Rights of the Child
Jul 2026
Submissions & RecommendationsTajikistan: Joint Submission to the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child
Jul 2026
Submissions & RecommendationsIndia: Joint Submission to the UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
