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| US woman jailed for 'insulting' United Arab Emirates |
US woman jailed for 'insulting' United Arab Emirates
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — A 25-year old American woman appeared in cloister Monday on abomination accuse for allegedly calumniating the United Arab Emirates in accessible while cat-and-mouse for a auto at the Abu Dhabi International Airport.The National, a government-owned bi-weekly in the emirate of Abu Dhabi, appear that the woman, who was not named, has been beneath arrest back Feb. 23. The bi-weekly says she told the Federal Supreme Cloister that she was cat-and-mouse for a auto at the airport if two men approached and batten to her in a address she did not like.
It quoted her as adage that she "refused to appoint with them and annihilation happened." The address did not say if affirmation was presented adjoin her.
The National says she requested from the cloister to pay a accomplished and be appear from jail. A adjudication was set for May 2.
The U.S. Admiral in Abu Dhabi responded to an Associated Press concern by advertence that the embassy, "is acquainted of the case and is accouterment consular services."
While advanced on some issues, the UAE has austere laws administering expression. Unlike in abounding Western countries, aspersion is advised in the UAE as a bent rather than a civilian matter. Calumniating the UAE's leaders, or the country itself, can backpack a bastille book and abrupt fines.
In 2013, a 29-year-old U.S. aborigine from Minnesota was approved beneath a cyber-crimes law and accused of abasing the country's angel away for announcement a bluff video online about adolescence ability in the UAE. He spent nine months in bastille afore getting abandoned and fined $2,700.
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