Abu Dhabi: The State Security Court at the Federal Supreme Court adjourned on Tuesday the case of an Emirati man accused of reviving a clandestine organisation belonging to the Muslim Brotherhood to November 25 to announce the verdict.

The court, presided over by Judge Mohammad Jarrah Al Tunaiji, listened to an hour-long pleading by the public prosecution, followed by the pleadings from the defendant’s two lawyers. The defendant’s father was sentenced to 10 years in prison in 2013 after being charged with belonging to the same clandestine organisation.

On Tuesday, the prosecution accused the defendant of joining the organisation with the aim of overthrowing the UAE’s government, seizing power, and abusing rulers and leaders of the country.

The prosecution also accused the defendant of creating and running an account on Twitter with the purpose of spreading lies and rumours about the UAE, as well using the account to defend others who had been sentenced in the same case last year.

Additionally, the man was accused of insulting public prosecution and State Security Court judges through spreading false information on his Twitter account where he said that the court system in the UAE is a joke.

The last accusation was that the defendant communicated with international organisations, most of which deal in human rights, and provided them with false information about the state of prisoners in the case of those accused of belonging to the Muslim Brotherhood.

During the court session, the head of the public prosecution explained the evidence and proof against the defendant. He said the defendant had already confessed, and that there were pictures of his Twitter account to prove his communication with international organisations, along with pictures of his WhatsApp account to prove such communication.

The prosecution presented the court with the defendant’s laptop and mobile phone, which contained pictures and video clips that incriminate him.

At the end of his pleading, the head of the prosecution asked that the defendant receive the maximum punishment based on the first article of the penal law number 82.

The defendant’s two lawyers, Hamdan Al Zyodi and Amal Al Khamis, then presented their pleadings. The first lawyer demanded that the search and arrest procedures be deemed invalid as they were based on inaccurate information.

“The prosecution claimed that the defendant lives in the emirate of Sharjah, but the truth is that my client is a resident of Ajman and has not lived in Sharjah. Prosecution also claimed that the accused is unemployed, but the truth is that he is a government employee in Dubai,” Al Zyodi said.

He added, “The accusation of joining a support group for the arrested people’s families is void because there is no such group. The prosecution presented no proof of the presence of such a group or that the group presents a threat to the security of the UAE.”

The lawyer also said that the defendant created a Twitter account after his father was arrested and not before as the prosecution had said. He noted that the account was to defend his father and not to tarnish the name of UAE leaders.

He demanded that his client be acquitted of all charges against him, and released on bail.

The second lawyer, Al Khamis, also presented her pleading to the court, asking the court to consider the defendant’s youth and the fact that he has never been in trouble with the law before.

At the end of the session, the judge allowed the defendant to present a written pleading in which he wrote down 13 points that prove his innocence of all charges against him.