Human rights activists and Muslim Brotherhood sympathizers have been imprisoned, academic research deemed sensitive has been curtailed and human rights groups have been barred entry. The UAE's Minister of Tolerance, Sheikh Nahyan bin Mubarak Al Nahyan, said the government is simply doing what "we think is right for our people and for the world." The UAE has branded the Muslim Brotherhood a terrorist organization, viewing it as a threat to the country's system of hereditary rule. In a statement to the AP, Islamic Relief said it is not connected in any way to the Muslim Brotherhood and that the allegation has been "hugely damaging." "Nobody's perfect in this world ... ," Al Nahyan, the tolerance minister, said.

Source: ABC News February 02, 2019 08:44 UTC