That Video
Jul 18th 2013, 5:03 pm
#63
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Re: That Video
“You can’t use something illegal as evidence in your case,” said Dr Al Jarman, who has a PhD in criminal law. “If the source is corrupt, the evidence is corrupt.”
The law exists to protect people, Dr Al Jarman said.
“A person may be found innocent in court,” he said. “But due to the video the public have already judged him to be guilty.
“Many times the video is used to spread rumours and unfounded criticism. Also, sometimes the victim in the video may not actually be a victim.
“Videos do not always give you the whole context of the incident. There may be underlying factors that don’t come across in a video.”
The law exists to protect people, Dr Al Jarman said.
“A person may be found innocent in court,” he said. “But due to the video the public have already judged him to be guilty.
“Many times the video is used to spread rumours and unfounded criticism. Also, sometimes the victim in the video may not actually be a victim.
“Videos do not always give you the whole context of the incident. There may be underlying factors that don’t come across in a video.”
Jul 18th 2013, 6:33 pm
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Re: That Video
“You can’t use something illegal as evidence in your case,” said Dr Al Jarman, who has a PhD in criminal law. “If the source is corrupt, the evidence is corrupt.”
The law exists to protect people, Dr Al Jarman said.
“A person may be found innocent in court,” he said. “But due to the video the public have already judged him to be guilty.
“Many times the video is used to spread rumours and unfounded criticism. Also, sometimes the victim in the video may not actually be a victim.
“Videos do not always give you the whole context of the incident. There may be underlying factors that don’t come across in a video.”
The law exists to protect people, Dr Al Jarman said.
“A person may be found innocent in court,” he said. “But due to the video the public have already judged him to be guilty.
“Many times the video is used to spread rumours and unfounded criticism. Also, sometimes the victim in the video may not actually be a victim.
“Videos do not always give you the whole context of the incident. There may be underlying factors that don’t come across in a video.”
Jul 22nd 2013, 5:05 am
#66
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Re: That Video
Interesting piece in The National this morning.
I quote:-
So basically if I said that Myra Hindley is a child killer, then under UAE laws she can sue me for defamation even though the statement is true.
Now that's a scary thought, an individual jailed for telling the truth because the truth is unacceptable to someone?
I quote:-
When it comes to defamation cases, the law gives victims of alleged defamation the right to win cases by simply proving the harm on their reputation, even if the statement about them was proven to be true.
Now that's a scary thought, an individual jailed for telling the truth because the truth is unacceptable to someone?
Jul 22nd 2013, 5:49 am
#67
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That is the main reason why a blogger was sued for defamation in Kuwait by a Japanese restaurant for saying he did not like their food in his blog.
I was told that many years back, 8-10 at least, it was usual to publish pictures of men arrested for harassing women (or eve teasing as GN would put it) as a way of shaming them, and this was because of commands from above. It stopped for some reason...
I was told that many years back, 8-10 at least, it was usual to publish pictures of men arrested for harassing women (or eve teasing as GN would put it) as a way of shaming them, and this was because of commands from above. It stopped for some reason...
Jul 28th 2013, 11:40 am
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Jul 28th 2013, 11:59 am
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Yeah, ok if you say so...
