The Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz issued a royal order appointing Dr. Abdul Mohsen Al-Mayouf as Deputy Head of the Board of Grievances for Judicial Affairs.
Al-Mayouf is considered one of the judicial and administrative competencies. He obtained a doctorate in jurisprudence and comparative jurisprudence, and progressed through judicial work at the Board of Grievances, working in the administrative and commercial departments and the administrative courts of appeal, until he assumed the presidency of the Office of Technical Affairs.
He also joined a number of supervisory and governmental committees, contributed to studying draft laws, regulations and agreements, and participated in local and international legal conferences and forums.
The royal order comes as an extension of the leadership’s attention to the administrative judiciary, supporting the development of its work and empowering competencies, which contributes to raising the efficiency of institutional performance, continuing the Board of Grievances’ path towards regional and global leadership, and maximizing its impact in achieving justice and protecting rights.
The Abu Dhabi Federal Court of Appeal sentenced 8 defendants, including Sudanese military and security officials, to life imprisonment in a case related to the illicit trade in weapons, ammunition and military equipment for the benefit of the Sudanese army, and money laundering through commercial companies and bank accounts within the Emirates.
The sentences included Salah Abdullah Muhammad Saleh, known as “Salah Gosh,” Yasser Abdul Rahman Al-Atta, and Othman Al-Zubair, along with Rashid Omar Abdul Qadir Ali, Ahmed Abdullah, known as “Abdullah Khalaf Allah,” Ahmed Rabie Sayed Ahmed, Muhammad Fateh Al-Beik, and Maher Abdul Jalil, with the seized items confiscated and the convicts deported from the state after the implementation of the penalties.
The court also ruled to imprison 7 defendants for 3 years for money laundering crimes, fined those included in the fine ruling one million dirhams ($272,000) each, and confiscated one million and 545 thousand dirhams ($421,000).
The rulings included fining 6 companies one million dirhams each, canceling their licenses, and confiscating funds related to the crimes, while the court acquitted other defendants.
The merits of the ruling revealed the implementation of two deals to supply weapons, ammunition and military equipment to the Sudanese army without licenses, which included the entry of “Giranof” ammunition into the Emirates. In preparation for transporting it by air to Port Sudan, after submitting shipping data showing the cargo as medical supplies.
The court explained that the prices of the military equipment were paid through bank transfers and cash amounts, including 8 million dirhams ($2.18 million) that Rashid Omar received from Maher Abdel Jalil as part of the value of one of the deals.
According to the ruling, Yasser Al-Atta, Assistant Commander-in-Chief of the Sudanese Armed Forces, was in charge of ordering the purchase of weapons and arranging procedures for the plane to land in Port Sudan, while Othman Al-Zubair, the financial official in the Sudanese Army, supervised the payment of suppliers’ dues. The court also revealed the roles of Salah Gosh and a number of intermediaries in coordinating deals and collecting commissions.
The court concluded that the defendants used forged companies, bank accounts, and documents to pass money from arms deals and hide their sources and destinations, considering that exploiting UAE lands and its financial system in these activities, during the armed conflict in Sudan, would harm the state’s international relations and expose its interests to danger.
The UAE Attorney General, Counselor Dr. Hamad Saif Al Shamsi, had ordered the defendants to be referred to trial, following investigations that revealed an organized network for illicit arms trafficking and money laundering linked to arms deals.
Qatar has categorically denied the allegations regarding its interference in the Israeli elections, or the financing of any activities aimed at influencing their results, and rejected the accusations promoted by some Israeli politicians and media parties linked to them, as part of a new disinformation campaign aimed at inserting its name into the internal political disputes in Israel, against the backdrop of the elections that took place this week.
The spokesman for the Qatari Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Majed Al-Ansari, pointed out the contradiction of these accusations, which range from the claim of buying the loyalty of Benjamin Netanyahu and financing the Israeli left, all the way to influencing the votes of Arab voters, as if Doha - according to these allegations - controls the entire Israeli political scene.
Al-Ansari stressed that these false accusations combine absurdity and danger, and that the insistence on inserting Qatar’s name into the electoral discourse in this way reflects an “excessive obsession” that goes beyond logic in some Israeli political and media circles, stressing that Qatar refuses to be “a scapegoat for the political failures of some Israeli politicians, and that what is better for them, instead of trying to divert attention towards Doha, is to respond to the aspirations of their voters and address the repercussions of their disastrous policies on the region.”
The Qatari Foreign Ministry spokesman reiterated that Qatar is not concerned with the political and electoral competition in Israel, as it is an internal matter in which it does not interfere, and it will not accept being involved in its disputes. He also stressed that any government produced by the elections is required to adhere to international law and international legitimacy resolutions, deal seriously and honestly with the Palestinian issue, and respect the inalienable rights of the Palestinian people, foremost of which is their right to self-determination and the establishment of their independent state on the 1967 borders, with East Jerusalem as its capital.
Al-Ansari added that these campaigns will not deter Qatar from continuing its mediation role, its diplomatic and humanitarian efforts, its support for the brotherly Palestinian people, and its commitment to working to achieve a just and comprehensive peace that enhances security and stability in the region. He stressed that Doha would continue to work closely with its regional and international partners to settle disputes through diplomatic means, stressing that silence would not be Qatar's strategy regarding using its name to serve electoral agendas or narrow political gains.
