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A U.K.-based human rights organization has urged Britons living in the United Arab Emirates to not report incidents of rape or sexual assaults following the case of a British woman who was allegedly gang raped in Dubai and after reporting it was arrested and charged with "extramarital sex" charges.
[...] The organization Detained in Dubai, which provides legal assistance to foreign people arrested in the UAE regardless of their citizenship and financial status, has already launched a petition at Change.org, urging authorities to take action on the matter.
[...] Radha Stirling, a U.S. citizen founder of the charity, said to The Independent that following the recent case – as well as a number of other shocking incidents in recent years where rape victims have been detained in the UAE – she advises British tourists not to report crime.
Human rights organizations have asked the UAE monarchies to match their country's great economic growth and tourism potential with changes to its legal system to improve and develop the legal rights and process.
From guide2dubai.com:
In 2013, the total population of UAE was recorded to be 9.2 million. Out of the 9.2 million, the expatriates contributed to around 7.8 million with the Emirati Nationals holding a population share of 1.4 million. [...] South Asian countries alone contributes to around 58% of the total population of UAE. The western population shares to around 8% of the overall population of the country.
(Score: 2) by takyon on Sunday November 20 2016, @06:03PM
That blows. Also, I had no idea that the expatriate population was that high. I'm surprised that so many South Asian workers (more like slaves in many cases) are sticking around since Dubai got hurt by the recession:
http://www.news.com.au/travel/world-travel/middle-east/dubai-migrant-workers-the-hidden-slaves-behind-glamour-city/news-story/b3997ed5b013870424e84d78a561946c [news.com.au]
http://www.vice.com/video/the-slaves-of-dubai [vice.com]
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2011/may/27/dubai-migrant-worker-deaths [theguardian.com]
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/magazine/7985361.stm [bbc.co.uk]
I've heard that a lot of the crap they are building there is underutilized, so I don't see the point of having so many workers there. Is my information old and has Dubai rebounded?
Back to this article. It sounds like there are some opportunities in Dubai to make vices safely available. Alcohol, other drugs, South Asian prostitutes, a night out without being gang raped, etc. If you get caught bending the law, a little money waved in the right face could solve the problem.
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(Score: 4, Informative) by n1 on Sunday November 20 2016, @06:25PM
My assumptions from what i've read is the native population in the UAE, like in Saudi Arabia are a protected class. They are not expected to do manual labor or menial jobs, so for all the unnecessary construction to happen, and all the cleaners, nannies and similar roles have to be filled with imported workers. Those imported workers have essentially no expectation of rights or legal protection, not far off traditional slavery, in some ways it can be worse. Obviously they are not paid very well.
There are probably less now than there was a couple of years or so ago, but the ones that remained still have to pick up the slack. It was/is normal for employers kept the workers passports, so even if they wanted to, they might have found it difficult to leave if the employer wanted to keep them.
Didn't read your links so apologies if some of that stuff was covered better in them.