Brits, unaware of UAE laws, face high chance of arrest
Aug 26th 2009, 6:56 am
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Brits, unaware of UAE laws, face high chance of arrest
Britons abroad are more likely to be arrested in the UAE than anywhere else in the world, and the British ambassador says many of them get into trouble “for breaking a law they did not know existed”.
http://www.thenational.ae/apps/pbcs....708259856/1010
http://www.thenational.ae/apps/pbcs....708259856/1010
Aug 27th 2009, 2:45 pm
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Re: Brits, unaware of UAE laws, face high chance of arrest
Britons abroad are more likely to be arrested in the UAE than anywhere else in the world, and the British ambassador says many of them get into trouble “for breaking a law they did not know existed”.
http://www.thenational.ae/apps/pbcs....708259856/1010
http://www.thenational.ae/apps/pbcs....708259856/1010
Aug 30th 2009, 9:55 am
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Re: Brits, unaware of UAE laws, face high chance of arrest
Indeed - if these countries would remove ridiculous laws that forbid eating in public just because some people are fasting, kissing your other half and consensual adults living tother there would be more common sense in the world 
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Aug 30th 2009, 11:11 am
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