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A British mum could be jailed in Dubai after she called her ex-husband's new wife a horse on Facebook three years ago.
Laleh Shahravesh and her 14-year-old daughter Paris were both arrested at the airport when they arrived in the United Arab Emirates city last month.
Ms Shahravesh was visiting Dubai to pay respects to her former husband, the father of her child, after he had just died of a heart attack, according to a human rights group that is representing the mother.
The 55-year-old has been accused of breaking a cybercrime law back in 2016, the Detained In Dubai group said in a statement released on Sunday.
If found guilty she could face two years in prison and a £50,000 fine.
Laleh Shahravesh and her 14-year-old daughter Paris were both arrested at the airport when they arrived in the United Arab Emirates city last month.
Ms Shahravesh was visiting Dubai to pay respects to her former husband, the father of her child, after he had just died of a heart attack, according to a human rights group that is representing the mother.
The 55-year-old has been accused of breaking a cybercrime law back in 2016, the Detained In Dubai group said in a statement released on Sunday.
If found guilty she could face two years in prison and a £50,000 fine.
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We ought to arrest Maktoum at Newmarket. Sure he must have broken a few British laws back in Dubai.
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good idea Salmon Spray
The punishment for calling someone a horse online does seem somewhat excessive Good job all the posters on here do not come from Dubai We call each other a lot worse than horses  |
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In theory it would appear that if somebody called you a name on this forum and you knew they were in Dubai on holiday or business all you have to do is tip off the authorities and it wouldn't matter if the original post was made from the UK.
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I thourt the shake liked 'orses.
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He does. He's on the horse's side as it made the complaint.
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A horse
A horse My liberty for calling out a horse |
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Can a great city-state fall due to a single horse?
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Better than calling her a bike.
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or a dirty wee hoor
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You can also go to jail there for sharing a hotel room with someone to whom you are not married. That should worry a few celebs who regularly holiday over there.
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She would have been stoned if she had called her a pig
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A pity we don’t have laws along these lines too.
It would cut out a lot of horseshit that goes on online. |
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You can't call someone a horse, but stoning someone to death is absolutely fine
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Surely this affects tourism. Why would anyone go there unless you had to (as in this case).
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GMAD, well they can’t get everything right.
And taking a balanced view i’ve got to say it sounds a pretty vile place. Oops, can I be arrested for that? |
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Complaint withdrawn ...... Mirror checked and niqab on
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Surely this affects tourism. Why would anyone go there unless you had to (as in this case).
More of a headline case injera. You don't here about non married couples getting arrested but I am with you on why would anyone really want to visit muslin countries. The only muslim countries I would consider visiting are Indonesia and Malaysia. |
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I hear Blackburn is nice this time of year
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Well that smacks of total BS.
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This is totally out of proportion???????
It does give Muslims a good image |
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not give
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Does anyone actually believe they care about what normal people think of them ?
They don't exactly invest in PR do they  |
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You could be right Reynard
 Dubai need to get with it though, nothing wrong with a bit of good pr Come on Sheik Maktoum tell them to forget this nonsense, I know you can do it |
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The ex wife, the new wife, of course they don't like one another, a horse is fairly mild in the circumstances
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I am surprised no one has yet commented on the britishness of the british mum.
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Interesting timing given our lot are looking to clamp done (gently) on the internet.
Muslim countries just don't mess about! Any defamation online and clink for you. Let's not forget Saudi still behead criminals and amputate limbs for theft. Skegness anyone? |
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Let's not forget Saudi still behead criminals and amputate limbs for theft.
I know , i've seen the images on the internet |
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I am surprised no one has yet commented on the britishness of the british mum. detraveller
Yes they are standing by their own...both of them slagged each other off on the Internet |
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But it is NOT justice is it
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neigh
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I think common sense has prevailed she has ben let off with a £600 fine
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Luckily she's not been saddled with a large debt
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Can we rein in all these puns?
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Shake Mo, shutting the stable door after she's bolted.
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We all have faces that are either plates or horses. I'm a horse.
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"I think common sense has prevailed she has been let off with a £600 fine"
Negative common sense, me says. The present wife (referred to as a horse) of the deceased ought to have been charged for "making a mountain out of a mole hill" with a £600 fine imposed - she'd need to grow up = this is an adult world - that would be common sense to me; UAE is being greedy despite having more money than sense. |
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Possibly true impossible123
But frankly if I were her I would take it, a £600 fine is better than a £50,000 fine... |