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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: 3, Interesting) by janrinok on Monday November 21 2016, @10:16AM
Which is precisely why I wrote the following - which you chose to ignore:
Other sprays, devices and defensive measures are legal in Denmark. To take it to the extreme: would the use of an anti-tank weapon be acceptable as a form of defence against a personal individual attack in your country? No, why not? After all "Banning the means of defending oneself is effectively the same as banning self defense.". There is a matter of proportionality, and there are other dangers inherent in the use of pepper spray that the Danish people and government believe to be unacceptable.
And then you make the same mistake that many others make. Just because European laws are not the same as American laws does not mean they are unacceptable to us, nor does it follow that they fail to meet the needs of the public. The vast majority of Europeans much prefer our way of life to the American one, where there is often a need to carry weapons in order to feel safe when just living your normal lives, hence my comment:
The OP could have quoted the incident from any one of a number of sources, none of which used such inflammatory terminology as "nonwhite invader refugee" and "rapefugee", both of which are simply devices to evoke an emotional response rather than an intelligent one. Such techniques are often used to garner support for a poor argument.
I do not support the subjugation of women, I do not believe that rape is ever justified or acceptable. Those attacked are fully justified in defending themselves in any way permitted under law. The victim in this case is not being prosecuted for defending herself. The claim is that the weapon she used to defend herself is not permitted by law (and, in all likelihood, the case will be dismissed with a caution). Their choice, their decision. You don't have to live there or visit, and they probably don't want another county's version of democracy and freedom imposed upon them.