Just one more reason not to visit Dubai

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A British woman women is facing jail time for up to two years for telling her flat mate on social media to fuck off during an argument

She has begged the flat mate to drop the case but they have refused

The word fuck is banned there..

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Thank goodness some non-Stepford people have now arrived.

@Bleughbleughbleugh12

I’d never go to a country where I could go to prison for being raped because it was my fault alluring him in.

YES!

Why on earth would any woman set foot in a country where they are not a person but a males possession?

I live in Dubai . Just had my vaccine ... FYI its free and provided to everyone. Only the pfizer and astra are given to vulnerable and citizens first . The most efficient country when it comes to things like this.

Not the case

Is it free to the virtual slave labourers?

Laws have changed . Be more informed

Don’t go to any country with backward thinking laws. Even most people who are born in such places want to leave

@Sammydil

Laws have changed . Be more informed

Are you a woman? If so, do you have the same rights as men?

That is what I would like to know and I'd rather hear it from a woman who lives in Dubai than read a propaganda piece somewhere, if you don't mind answering.

I cannot believe anyone would defend an amoral, corrupt, abusive exploitative country like Dubai. Then again I should t be surprised given the hordes that flock there for the imported through slave labour fake beaches and shopping.

UAE are offering a vaccine to wealthy tourists.

They flock there for the tax free lifestyle too. Yuk.

Do you know what, 90% of these comments are hilarious. Yes there are few things wrong with Dubai but my god have they got rather a lot right that the UK lack. I am seeing ridiculous posts about having to be wealthy for a vaccine when only today I've had my vaccine and guess what you really ill informed people ... its free.

This is really upsetting when it comes to this girl and the possibility for her to be going to prison for swearing at obviously a very spiteful human being but I will wait to comment on this properly till I find out the full story . This is because 80% of the stuff I read in the UK Papers about dubai is hilariously untrue or a version of events that just purely didn't happen . I have lived here since I was 24 and I have never felt so safe as a WOMAN . I can walk down the street without fearing for my safety something I never could feel growing up in the UK. the UAE is slowly making more and more progress every day . Did you know we can now live unmarried??? Was that posted over there in the papers? Did they post that now advocating for women rights more etc . Like I said there's so much more to do be done to be deemed comparable to the UK but blooming hell they do a lot right too . Now I'm going to go back to being " smug " while borris makes me want to face plant my head into a wall.

You need to take a look at Amnesty’s take on human rights in UAE.

Sammydil, well, at least with Boris, you'd have the choice of face-planting your own head into the wall.

I've been out here for 7 years since my early 20s , I've never had a problem with the law . I've been drunk nightly back when I could hold my drink :) I've had dates... I've met my future hubby . I've never felt safer as a woman living over here . I won't lie and say this place is perfect , getting into a predicament like being pregnant wouldn't be wise out here but from what i read , wouldn't be a good idea in the US either . There a certain rules for sure but thats just respect . I can live unmarried with my partner without an problems now . If someone attacked me which is really really rare in a country where such harsh penalties are they would be in serious trouble . If someone has drugs they go to prison... its a litte bit behind but its not what the UK papers try and make it out to be .

If you do not have the same rights as men then it's not a 'little bit behind', it's dangerous for any woman to live there because... you have precious few rights.

I'm sorry, I didn't meant to be flippant and I get that you enjoy your life in Dubai, I hope you will always feel safe and that you're not serious about a pregnancy being a predicament because that is a horrifying thought.

Thanks for answering, take care.

If you are a dubai resident it is free. Yes the slave labourers can get it if that's what you want to call them . I have talked to many a " slave labourer " and it is horrible I completely agree how much they get paid to be here to build buildings to drive the taxis . Though most have come to make money so it makes me so sad at what things must have been like for them back home to want to come and work for what we would call nothing over here . But I could say that about when I go home to the UK and have multiple homeless on streets begging for money and food . That upsets me too . There's a lot of fundamental problems all over the world . Let's hope that changes sooner rather than later.

‘A little behind’

I wouldn’t set foot in Dubai,
I know people who have gone out there to work. They’ve all come back after a couple of years, the only positives seem to be the tax feee salary but the slavery, draconian laws and the way women are treated, take the shine off the salary eventually. Anyone with any morals wouldn’t wish to live there in my opinion.

You simply can’t possibly square the problem of homelessness in the UK with the fact the UAE is built on modern slavery. I guess the sunshine and cheap handbags for sale in the malls make it worthwhile for some though.

No worries , i have the same rights as a man here . Though of course as in every country it would always depend who you are actually coming up against and what there status is be it woman or man. There's a lot of scare mongering but I rarely here of anything as bad as sexual assault over here it is a rarity . Just like I would leave my new phone and bag on a table and have no harm walking away from it and know it would still be there when I got back .

Cheap handbags ? All of that isn't worth a comment tbh.

Do you legally? If so, do let AI know so they can campaign on something else

Well said @Sammydil

I’d also suggest instead of reading nonsense in the Daily Fail, read George Saunders essay ‘The new Mecca’. Also read the daily court reports - I do and have never read anything even vaguely close to the nonsense written on here!

Sorry to further disappoint but the director I report to in work is an Emerati woman (I’m in a senior role too!). I am my DH’s sponsor and as such he can only work if I give my written position (though he has specifically asked I don’t provide this!).