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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 GreatAuntAnesthesia on Monday November 21 2016, @11:18AM
>>You don't think that the second link might have a bit of bias
>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?
The bias changes the context, twisting a story to support an opinion that it shouldn't.
You and the biased story are both looking for an excuse to shout "LOOK, SHARIA LAW IN EUROPE! WOMEN PUNISHED FOR DEFENDING AGAINST EVIL IMMIGRANT RAPISTS! THE MUSLIMS ARE TAKING OVER!" when in fact the same punishment would have been issued had she been defending herself against a white rapist, a purse-snatcher of any colour, or indeed if it had been a man who used the banned weapon in self defence. It was nothing to do with gender, with race, with religion or even with rape. The prosecution was about illegality of the weapon used. Nothing else. The accuracy of your Danish story is therefore irrelevant, because the story itself isn't relevant to the discussion.