Dubai mum 'adultry' case, surely something can be done about this???!!!

[mamadiva]

Have just seen This and am now crying my eyes out aftre watching the video.

I can't even begin to imagine how it must feel to know you may never see your kids again just on someone's say so...

Surely there must be something that can be done about this? She is British our government do something?

Jeez - bloody hell!!!!

I've had to stop it before watchin the whole thing. The poor poor children.

I'm crying my eyes out too now.

That poor boy, hiding beind his mum

Because she had tea with a male person

that video is why we were so worried when SIL was seeing a man from the UAE. she refused to beleive this kind of stuff happened.

i feel sick watching that vid.

believe even.

The tears were streaming here too, what kind of a 'law' would allow this to happen?

I don't know I feel most sorry for the mum or the kids they were all so distraught whilst the bastard father just walked around calmly pulling them off her

There was an earlier article saying she is not coping in prison and she has stopped eating etc, I hope she can pull together and get those boys back he certainly does not deserve them IMHO

Didn't watch the video - the very thought of this happening makes me feel sick.

It's a shame that we do have to worry about who's marrying who but sadly nowadays this seems to be quite a common thing with marriages from different countries.

Is there nothing that can be done by the British government?

I cant finish watching that. How can he do that to his children.

I don't care if she had an affair with every Tom, Dick and Harry in Dubai, her children do not deserve that!!!

I hate to say this but this is all too common when women marry people from other countries, especially countries where women essentially have no rights.

Not sure what it is our government can do though? Even if they can get her out of jail our government can't be expected to intervene in a custody battle in another country.

How can a loving father still insist on taking those children, when he can see how distressed they are? How? Why would any parent do that to their children? I have no understanding of this. The fact he is doing it must mean he cannot love them surely?

Thing is though she gave himm custody in the hope that he would drop his lies and let her see the kids but he used it to his advantage

I hate to have to agree with you wannaBe but I would be very wary if I had a daughter and she had children with someone from a country that have these type of laws. I hate saying that because it is racist and I am not a racist but I have heard of too many heartbreaking stories like these.

I don't think it is racist to be wary of marrying someone and/or more importantly living in a country where you are not equally protected in the eyes of the law.

I watched a series of programmes about this once. It was about women whose husbands had abducted their children and taken them back to their own countries, Turkey, Iran, Jordan etc, and once the children were there there was very little the mothers could do to get them back. In the case in turkey the courts did award her custody, but by the time it happened and she went to collect them he and his family had turned them against her so much that they refused to go with her and she ended up having to leave them behind and resigning herself to never seeing them again.

There was also a woman on this programme who runs an organization who will go and snatch back children from countries where the mothers have no rights. Obviously it's not legal, but once the children are back in the UK it's much easier for the mother to retain custody and take out restraining orders etc against the father, especially as the children have generally been removed illegally in the first place.

Bloody hell, that was awful

That really upset me, those poor children. Really heartbreaking stuff.

And so wrong

When that little boy was pleading with the father .

I cannot imagine the trauma that they are going through. Poor woman and DC.

official website for support here

and a facebook support group www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=56585421247

Is the thing nightmares are made of.

Could only watch a few seconds of it. You can only imagine her pain as a mother.

Horrible to watch. Poor woman and poor children. Being torn from their mother will scar them for the rest of their lives. So so sad.

Marnie's statement before going to jail

From the help site

"Support
Support is everything to us now. Knowing that there are people who care and would like to help us, is a great source of comfort. Listed below are ways that you can show your support, the smallest gesture, means a great deal to us.

Write to or email your MP or your countries equivalent
Contact the British Embassy in Dubai [email protected]
Contact Amnesty International. Contact Details Please respect that they are already aware, and active, however your comments will be noted
Contact H. H. The Ruler of Dubai
Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum is the Vice President and Prime Minister of the United Arab Emirates, the Ruler of Dubai and the UAE Minister of Defence. Contact Details Please remain polite in your communication, we are asking for his consideration and support.
Write to Gordon Brown and ask him why the British Government have not offered enough assistance and support.
Contact Human Rights Watch in London appeal to them for assistance Contact Details
Contact every press agencies in every country
Contact every media agency who will listen
Contact every celebrity or personality who you believe will stand with us and be counted.

Marnie. Laith and Ziad are counting heavily on our support, we have to keep this ball in the air"

The OP asked what could be done.

There is a website about it, with an appeal to raise funds for a decent lawyer.

www.costapages.com/savemarniesbabies/index.htm