As host of UN COP28 climate talks, the autocratic UAE is now allowing in critics it once kept out
by Jon Gambrell
Dec 03, 2023
3 minutes
As participants at the United Nations' COP28 climate talks filed in Sunday for another day of talks, they found themselves greeted by a rare sight in the United Arab Emirates — a protest.
From activism about the Israel- war to environmental issues, activists allowed into the can demonstrate under strict guidelines in this autocratic nation. Others from organizations long banned by the country also have been let in, providing them some the opportunity
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