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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: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday November 20 2016, @09:06PM
> If the story is accurate then I don't really care who reported it or what their bias is. Are you suggesting the story is not accurate?
Apparently its not a popular opinion around here, but when a reporter injects obviously partisan statements into a story that itself has implications on that same topic, it makes the reporting suspect.
(Score: 2) by Spamalope on Sunday November 20 2016, @09:43PM
It does, or rather it means it isn't useful as a single data point. Additional information is needed before any evaluation can be useful. If you have context for the source you might find that it's agenda 'fit the narrative' bent makes it useless for anything other than possibly pointing out an event you should read about elsewhere. The context might be a brutally opinionated and scrupulously honest source that can be trusted to report the facts accurately. Alternatively, you might find addition reporting or even better police reports or court confirming or contradicting the reporting and then you're able to evaluate the story instead of the source.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday November 21 2016, @02:22PM
Except the problem is that when you agree with the biased viewpoint, it isn't worth your time to use it as a single data point because it is obviously correct. If you don't agree, it is worth your time to search for a biased web site that agrees with you, and you thus feel vindicated as well as proud of yourself because you did that extra work to seek out the truth and you have thus uncovered an obvious lie.