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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.
https:/ /www.bb c.co.uk /news/u k-47847 740
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.// If the UK authorities wanted to arrest someone who came to the Uk from Dubai for stuff they wrote online, I'm sure no one would bat an eye lid. //
I'm not so confident of that. The laws of a country can only meaningfully be applied to offences within that country. If someone committed a murder in the US, then UK courts have no jurisdiction (although they may, of course, extradite the accused to the US if the other country requests this).
Since that principle applies to such severe crimes, I don't see why it shouldn't apply to demonstrably less serious offences. The UAE is free to police the internet in its country as it sees fit, but not elsewhere.
I'm not so confident of that. The laws of a country can only meaningfully be applied to offences within that country. If someone committed a murder in the US, then UK courts have no jurisdiction (although they may, of course, extradite the accused to the US if the other country requests this).
Since that principle applies to such severe crimes, I don't see why it shouldn't apply to demonstrably less serious offences. The UAE is free to police the internet in its country as it sees fit, but not elsewhere.
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