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alfrombarking

Jul 15th 2011 11:28 am

The quiet crackdown in a tourist playground

more like Arab winter....

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/wo...d-2314032.html

Paracletus

Jul 15th 2011 2:38 pm

Re: The quiet crackdown in a tourist playground

I read some time ago about the police showing up when a handful of people protested outside the Egyptian embassy..

Norm_uk

Jul 17th 2011 8:15 am

Re: The quiet crackdown in a tourist playground

From the article:
"What we are seeing is a collapse in democratic rights," said one activist

The UAE has never been democratic, who are they kidding? It's a police state and always has been. I'm glad I'm not a local - not being able to speak out in my country would be heartbreaking.

N.

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