Trial verdict for 94 Emiratis - GN Midday Tuesday July 2, 2013 - video Dailymotion

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00:00Good day, welcome to a special Gulf News update for Tuesday, July the 2nd.

00:10The UAE State Security Court, hearing the case of 94 Emiratis charged with plotting

00:14to overthrow the government, has sentenced the key accused to 10 years in jail.

00:18Eight of those tried in absentia have been sentenced to 15 years in jail.

00:22Twenty-six of the accused have been acquitted.

00:25The court handed out the verdicts in four groups.

00:28The first group was declared not guilty, the second received 15 years, the third group

00:32was sentenced to 10 years imprisonment while the fourth received between 3 and 7 years

00:37in jail.

00:38All the female accused were acquitted.

00:40Of the 81 male defendants, 10 were tried in absentia.

00:44The accused also included 13 female suspects.

00:47The court presided by Judge Falah al-Hajri based its decision on Articles 155, 160, 169,

00:54170, 171, 180, 182 of the Penal Code, among other clauses.

01:00During the hearings, the public prosecution had called on the court to apply the maximum

01:05sentence of 15 years against accused belonging to the now disbanded Al-Islah Society, believed

01:11to be affiliated with the Egypt-based Muslim Brotherhood group.

01:14Lawyers for the accused had no comments for the media soon after the verdict was handed

01:19down.

01:20Since March, the State Security Court has been hearing both sides of the trial from

01:24prosecutors and the defense team who have been involved in the trial.

01:28The prosecution had argued that one of the main goals of the organization was to infiltrate

01:33the country's educational and social institutions.

01:36On the eve of the verdict, Dr. Hadi Fidahiri, Minister of Justice, told Gulf News that the

01:41UAE's justice system ensures that defendants are guaranteed fair trial without any interference

01:48by other authorities, respect of their human rights and the right to be presumed innocent

01:53until proved guilty.

01:54Finally, the weather in today's high across the UAE will be 48 degrees Celsius, dropping

01:59to 28 at night.

02:01That's all for now.

02:02Thanks for watching and as always you can get the latest news at gulfnews.com