Abu Dhabi: The State Security Court at the Federal Supreme Court adjourned on Monday three cases where defendants are accused of insulting the UAE’s leaders through social media and communicating with the clandestine Al Islah Group.

In the first case, the court, presided over by Judge Falah Al Hajiri, adjourned the case of an Emirati, K.R.M., accused of insulting the country’s leadership to June 8 to allow lawyers to examine the case files.

In another case, the court listened to a list of accusations from the Public Prosecution against a Kuwaiti, K.F.E., 46. The defendant is accused of communicating and cooperating with members of the clandestine organisation, Al Islah Group, which is affiliated with the Muslim Brotherhood.

The prosecution said that the defendant worked with the organisation, and gathered money for it in order to start a television station named Hayatuna (Arabic for our lives). The defendant’s actions are a violation of article 180 of the penal law that criminalises work with Al Islah Group, prosecution added.

The defendant denied all accusations against him, telling the court that he has not dealt with members of the organisation, and that his work is limited to public relations for a television station called Al Bidaya.

He added that his job involved communications with various other television stations, and that he had been employed at Al Bidaya for 17 years, but his communications did not involve any clandestine organisations.

The defence lawyer called one of the investigation officers to testify in front of the court, but the judge adjourned the case to June 15 to hear the testimony.

In the final case where an Egyptian leader of the Muslim Brotherhood, Essam Al Erian, is accused to publicly insulting the UAE and its leaders, the prosecution said that the Egyptian prosecution refused to extradite the defendant.

The Egyptian prosecution told the UAE side that the defendant was serving time in prison after being convicted according to law. Judge Al Hajiri requested to see a document certifying that the defendant had received a notification about being summoned to court in the UAE. When the prosecution did not present that, the judge adjourned the case to July 6.