British woman arrested in Dubai after reporting rape

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A British woman who told police in Dubai she had been raped has reportedly been charged with having extra-marital sex.

The woman in her 20s was allegedly attacked by two men from Birmingham while on holiday in the United Arab Emirates.

When she reported the incident, police arrested her and confiscated her passport, according to UAE law experts Detained in Dubai.

The woman has since been bailed but could face jail if found guilty at trial.

Radha Stirling, from the Detained in Dubai group, said the emirate's treatment of rape victims was "tremendously disturbing".

She said: "The UAE has a long history of penalising rape victims.

"It is still not safe for victims to report these crimes to the police without the risk of suffering a double punishment.

"Police regularly fail to differentiate between consensual intercourse and violent rape. Victims go to them expecting justice, and end up being prosecuted.

"They not only invalidate their victimisation, they actually punish them for it."

A Foreign Office spokeswoman said: "We are supporting a British woman in relation to this case and will remain in contact with her family."

https://uk.yahoo.com/news/british-woman-arrested-dubai-reporting-rape-090300939.html

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The UAE is a Constitutional Federation of seven emirates: Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Sharjah, Ajman, Umm Al Quwain, Ras Al Khaimah and Fujairah.
Why the hell do people keep going to these barbaric countries, simply boycott these despotic places, more fool you for going there in the first place.
Ladies, if you should ever endure the horror of rape in a non-Western country, please, please, please do NOT go to the police, instead report it to the British Embassy in that country so you can seek justice WITHOUT being subjected to suffering more humiliation from country police, this was the truth Mr Trump was elected.
The worst we have is our govt support those countries despite barbaric rules.

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And they want to spread that pish to the rest of the world. Demands of Sharia law n aw.

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The worst we have is our govt support those countries despite barbaric rules.

and will continue to do so until a viable alternative to oil is 'found' - double standards count for everything in western politics when money is involved.

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If I tell you now that Mr Farage will be the our next prime minister you will laugh because we do not have another choose but we are forced to make the wrong decision nothing going to change since we have waited for the change in the last 50 years.

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This is either old recycled news, or fresh where person did not look up crimes before going