Five people have been arrested in Abu Dhabi on charges of endangering the country's security, undermining the public order and insulting the president, the country's Attorney General said Monday, DPA reported.
The suspects are four United Arab Emirates nationals and one person who had no identification papers.
One of those arrested has been identified as Ahmed Mansour, a blogger and human rights advocate who has been demanding political reform in the UAE.
Economics professor Nasser bin Ghaith, one of the country's most outspoken academics, was also questioned along with the five, who are being "held in preventive custody," state news agency WAM reported.
Both Mansour and Ghaith were reportedly detained earlier this month for unknown reasons.
The latest arrests come amid uprisings across the region, where pro-democracy activists are pressing for greater freedoms following successful revolutions that toppled the Egyptian and Tunisian regimes earlier this year.
Five questioned for opposing the government in Abu Dhabi
Five people have been arrested in Abu Dhabi on charges of endangering the country's security, undermining the public order and insulting the president, the country's Attorney General said Monday, DPA reported.
