DUBAI, May 22 (RAPSI, Nadim Zuaui) - The United Emirates State Security Court will deliver its verdict on the 94 suspects charged with plotting to overthrow the state as part of a secret network on July 2, the UAE media reported on Wednesday.

Late on Tuesday night, the court closed the proceedings, which had started in January. In the dock were 85 of the 94 UAE nationals suspected of membership of a secret Islamist group, including 12 women - lawyers, judges, academics, and community and youth leaders. Nine were tried in absentia.

According to the investigators, over the course of several years they built and developed a secret network with suspected links to the Muslim Brotherhood, whose supporters recently came to power in Egypt, and increased their foothold in a number of the region's countries as a result of the "Arab Spring."

The indictment says the group was trying to weaken the ruling administration and overthrow the state.

According to the UAE Attorney General's Office, the group operated under the cover of Al-Islah, a religious and charity organization. Its members met in private houses to avoid attracting the attention of the security service.

Investigators claim that the suspects were plotting to artificially provoke discontent with the government in the country through the use of the media and social networks.

Defense attorneys said that their clients pleaded not guilty and demanded an acquittal and the return of their clients' confiscated property. They pointed to multiple violations of the data-collection procedure, questionable investigation results, unlawful arrests of the suspects and the vague wording of the charges.