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British Woman Faces Dubai Jail Over Facebook Insult
Laleh Shahravesh, 55, was arrested at a Dubai airport after flying there to attend her former husband's funeral. He was Portuguese, his new wife, Tunisian.
The British woman faces prosecution over two Facebook comments she posted in the UK on pictures of her husband remarrying in 2016.
Under the UAE's cyber-crime laws, a person can be jailed or fined for making defamatory statements on social media.
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Far reaching laws. Should our Foreign Office advise those contemplating travel to Dubai to check social media accounts before booking flights?
The British woman faces prosecution over two Facebook comments she posted in the UK on pictures of her husband remarrying in 2016.
Under the UAE's cyber-crime laws, a person can be jailed or fined for making defamatory statements on social media.
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Far reaching laws. Should our Foreign Office advise those contemplating travel to Dubai to check social media accounts before booking flights?
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.Naomi - I believe that Dubai is OTT with this, and I am not going to defend Dubai, but at the same time I have no sympathy what-so-ever for this woman.
She deliberately made derogatory statements and placed it on facebook where she hoped many other people would see it and it could cause embarrassment to the new wife. There is no reason for posting it otherwise. She is a nasty piece of work ( a woman scorned etc) and I presume she hasn't apologised to the new wife. OK she now has her come-uppance, too severe in my mind, but neverthe less if she did not post this derogatory and unjustified comment then nothing would have happened.
Dubai or UK is irrelevant, facebook is global and the post reached Dubai, where it was seen.
You post things on facebook at your own risk
She deliberately made derogatory statements and placed it on facebook where she hoped many other people would see it and it could cause embarrassment to the new wife. There is no reason for posting it otherwise. She is a nasty piece of work ( a woman scorned etc) and I presume she hasn't apologised to the new wife. OK she now has her come-uppance, too severe in my mind, but neverthe less if she did not post this derogatory and unjustified comment then nothing would have happened.
Dubai or UK is irrelevant, facebook is global and the post reached Dubai, where it was seen.
You post things on facebook at your own risk
// Should our Foreign Office advise those contemplating travel to Dubai to check social media accounts before booking flights? //
or sshould they go further and say
dont post anything on a s-m acct you may later regret ....
( along with dont take tramadol to Egypt for your boyfriend - or dont organise unions in Iran) Abroad is so very very difficult for us Brexit Brits.....
or sshould they go further and say
dont post anything on a s-m acct you may later regret ....
( along with dont take tramadol to Egypt for your boyfriend - or dont organise unions in Iran) Abroad is so very very difficult for us Brexit Brits.....
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