If You Are A Woman, Don't Go To Dubai

[Nehkara]

Norwegian Woman Jailed For 16 Months In Dubai For Being Raped

- Norwegian woman, 25, was in Dubai on a business trip
- She was raped and reported the incident to the police
- At the station, police took her passport and jailed her
- She will now serve 16 months for illicit sex outside marriage

'I received the harshest sentence for sex outside marriage, harshest sentence for drinking alcohol and on top of that I was found guilty of perjury,’ the woman told Verdens Gang.

Under UAE law, rapists can only be convicted if either the perpetrator confesses or if four adult Muslim males witness the crime.

In the article there is a story about this happening to a 27-year-old Australian woman as well.

In short, if you are female do not ever go to Dubai or the UAE for any reason.

[terminator]

This is nearly as bad as Floridian law.

[Ozy_Flame]

The EU will put pressure on Dubai. I doubt she serves her sentence.

[cDnStealth]

Even as a man I wouldn't go there.

[Hemi-Cuda]

Originally Posted by Ozy_Flame

The EU will put pressure on Dubai. I doubt she serves her sentence.

Norway isn't a member of the EU

[Nehkara]

Originally Posted by Ozy_Flame

The EU will put pressure on Dubai. I doubt she serves her sentence.

Unfortunately this is not the case.

No extradition.

The Australian woman mentioned in the article served 8 months in jail for her "crime" of being drugged and raped by 3 men.

[mykalberta]

Wow, just wow. Amazing what a shat-nozzle country that has nothing going for it other than oil can get away with.

[Ozy_Flame]

Originally Posted by Hemi-Cuda

Norway isn't a member of the EU

Ah, yes. Brain fart.

Perhaps the ETA then?

Well, Dubai risks damaging relations with another oil-producing nation. Not a smart move regardless.

[Senator Clay Davis]

A country thats based on a law system that thinks women are second class citizens (at best) isn't a friendly place for women? I mean its terrible but why anyone, particularly women, even want to go anywhere near a country that in any way involves Sharia Law is beyond me. The basis of law is pretty clear how much it hates women.

[nik-]

Dubai is ######ed ... is tourism really something they want to be risking? That city is a ####ing mirage and I hope it gets swallowed up by the desert again.

[REDVAN]

I've been there and it is really a wonderful place.

[iggy_oi]

Originally Posted by REDVAN

I've been there and it is really a wonderful place.

I guess as long as you don't get raped

[Nehkara]

Originally Posted by Senator Clay Davis

A country thats based on a law system that thinks women are second class citizens (at best) isn't a friendly place for women? I mean its terrible but why anyone, particularly women, even want to go anywhere near a country that in any way involves Sharia Law is beyond me. The basis of law is pretty clear how much it hates women.

Companies in all western countries need to realize that they should not be having business trips or business meetings in the UAE. For any reason.

Both Norwegian woman and Australian woman were both on business trips.

[Nehkara]

Originally Posted by REDVAN

I've been there and it is really a wonderful place.

It's a mirage, as nik said.

[undercoverbrother]

Originally Posted by flameswin

I think the whole world should cut all relations to that ****ty, backwards, corrupt hell hole. Honestly, no offense to any Dubaian CP'ers, but what a horrible, horrible country.

Recycled post seems to fit

[FlamesAddiction]

Originally Posted by Ozy_Flame

Ah, yes. Brain fart.

Perhaps the ETA then?

Well, Dubai risks damaging relations with another oil-producing nation. Not a smart move regardless.

This isn't new. UAE has history of this and it hasn't stopped us, and other western countries, from doing business with them.

I do think that she will get released earlier and then deported. They do that a lot and then claim how humane and generous they are.

[Nehkara]

Originally Posted by FlamesAddiction

This isn't new. UAE has history of this and it hasn't stopped us, and other western countries, from doing business with them.

I do think that she will get released earlier and then deported. They do that a lot and then claim how humane and generous they are.

Yeah. Alicia Gali, the Australian woman, was sentenced to 12 months and served 8... so this Norwegian woman can expect to serve probably 10-12 months of her 16 month sentence.

[Teh_Bandwagoner]

So can someone explain to me why it seems like Canadian Oil falls under more scrutiny than Saudi Oil? Environmental issues trump social issues I guess?

[PsYcNeT]

Originally Posted by Teh_Bandwagoner

So can someone explain to me why it seems like Canadian Oil falls under more scrutiny than Saudi Oil?

Because Western governments are easier to pressure and coerce into changing policy.

[nik-]

Originally Posted by Teh_Bandwagoner

So can someone explain to me why it seems like Canadian Oil falls under more scrutiny than Saudi Oil? Environmental issues trump social issues I guess?

Maybe if ours was located in traditional reservoirs we could have executioners behead people in public squares too!