This is a locator map for United Arab Emirates with its capital, Abu Dhabi. (AP Photo)
FILE - Activists hold signs during a demonstration for Egypt's jailed leading pro-democracy activist Alaa Abdel-Fattah and Mohamed al-Siddiq, jailed activist, at the COP28 U.N. Climate Summit, Saturday, Dec. 9, 2023, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. A mass trial in the United Arab Emirates of dissidents that has faced widespread criticism abroad ended Wednesday July 10, 2024 with dozens of people sentenced to life in prison, activists said. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool, File)
FILE - Joey Shea, of Human Rights Watch, speaks during a demonstration with images of jailed activist Mohamed al-Siddiq and Egypt's jailed leading pro-democracy activist Alaa Abdel-Fattah at the COP28 U.N. Climate Summit, Saturday, Dec. 9, 2023, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. A mass trial in the United Arab Emirates of dissidents that has faced widespread criticism abroad ended Wednesday July 10, 2024 with dozens of people sentenced to life in prison, activists said. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool, File)