DUBAI // Five Indian men will be referred to a Dubai court in two weeks' time for organising a march in support of an anti-corruption activist in their home country.
The men, who had spent more than two weeks in detention, were released on Sunday following orders from the Dubai prosecutor general, sources said.
The bail applications for the men had been rejected before Eid.
Three of the men were arrested on charges of using Facebook to plan the Al Mamzar Beach gathering to support Anna Hazare, who had been campaigning against graft and corruption in India.
The other arrests carried charges of encouraging participants by sending letters.
A senior prosecution official said the men, who have denied the charges, claimed they organised the event with good intentions and had not meant to violate UAE law.
Prosecutors were expected to investigate others involved in the case and listen to the testimony of the arresting officers before referring the file to court.
More than 150 Indians attended the three-kilometre walk at Al Mamzar last month carrying Indian flags, banners and wearing badges.
Police sources said the organisers had not obtained permission to gather there.
Mr Hazare, 74, began his hunger strike on August 16 and ended it on August 28 in New Delhi. After spending a few days in a hospital in the capital, he returned to his home village. He lost more than 7 kilogram's during his protest.
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Treaty of Peace in Perpetuity Agreed Upon by the Chiefs of the Arabian Coast on Behalf of Themselves, Their Heirs and Successors Under the Mediation of the Resident of the Persian Gulf, 1853
(This treaty gave the region the name “Trucial States”.)
We, whose seals are hereunto affixed, Sheikh Sultan bin Suggar, Chief of Rassool-Kheimah, Sheikh Saeed bin Tahnoon, Chief of Aboo Dhebbee, Sheikh Saeed bin Buyte, Chief of Debay, Sheikh Hamid bin Rashed, Chief of Ejman, Sheikh Abdoola bin Rashed, Chief of Umm-ool-Keiweyn, having experienced for a series of years the benefits and advantages resulting from a maritime truce contracted amongst ourselves under the mediation of the Resident in the Persian Gulf and renewed from time to time up to the present period, and being fully impressed, therefore, with a sense of evil consequence formerly arising, from the prosecution of our feuds at sea, whereby our subjects and dependants were prevented from carrying on the pearl fishery in security, and were exposed to interruption and molestation when passing on their lawful occasions, accordingly, we, as aforesaid have determined, for ourselves, our heirs and successors, to conclude together a lasting and inviolable peace from this time forth in perpetuity.
Taken from Britain and Saudi Arabia, 1925-1939: the Imperial Oasis, by Clive Leatherdale
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