Al-Qaradawi's extradition from Lebanon and imprisonment in the UAE is an alarming example of how Arab states collaborate to eliminate dissent beyond their borders.

His lawyer, Rodney Dixon, added: “Abdulrahman was taken from his family, forcibly transferred across borders, and thrown into solitary confinement in a country that is not his own, with no evidence he committed any crime… This is not an extradition — it is a kidnapping in plain sight.” Dixon is urging British police to open an investigation under the UK’s universal jurisdiction laws,