Sheikh Issa al-Nahyan brother of the Emir of Abu Dhabi and the President of the UAE had been accused of torturing a business associate.  The smoking gun was a video actually showing the Sheikh torturing the Afghan immigrant while two men (one in the garb of security services) watched.  After initially dismissing the charges the international embarrassment forced Abu Dhabi to arrest the sheikh.  But so much for the progress of the rule of law, since the court has now accepted the defense that the poor Sheikh was drugged by the two associates (*cough* scapegoats) and let Sheikh Issa off.  Needless to say the cynic in me has been awakened.

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