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World in brief: July 10, 2024
Russian President Vladimir Putin (right) awards Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi with the Order of St. Andrew the Apostle the First-Called at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, July 9, 2024

UAE: A mass trial of dissidents in the United Arab Emirates sentenced 43 people to life in prison today while several other defendants received long prison terms in a case that has been widely criticised by activists abroad.

The sentences came in a case described by the UAE government as involving the Muslim Brotherhood, but activists say the case is targeting dissidents.

 

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