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70 British citizens facing ten years in prison in the UAE over missile videos
Posted on 3/29/26 at 3:03 pm
Posted on 3/29/26 at 3:03 pm
As if the UAE’s self-proclaimed reputation as a “safe haven” wasn’t already destroyed before these missile videos were taken
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It’s going to take a long time for the UAE to come back from this. Tourism has taken a massive hit, the “safe haven” image is gone, Iranian expats are facing deportations, and British people are facing prison for uploading missile attack videos. This war has brought out the true colors of the Emirati leaders.
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As many as 70 Britons have been locked up in the United Arab Emirates for taking photos and videos of drone and missile attacks
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Tourists, expats and cabin crew have been detained in overcrowded police cells and prisons – and in some cases denied sleep, food and medicine – as they fall foul of draconian laws that purport to protect 'national security and stability'. However, oil-rich city-states such as Dubai have been accused of a heavy-handed clampdown that aims to protect their 'carefully constructed brand' as safe and glamorous travel destinations.
It’s going to take a long time for the UAE to come back from this. Tourism has taken a massive hit, the “safe haven” image is gone, Iranian expats are facing deportations, and British people are facing prison for uploading missile attack videos. This war has brought out the true colors of the Emirati leaders.
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Posted on 3/29/26 at 3:16 pm to JasonDBlaha
The same shlt is happing in the UK. Odd that the policy of these 2 countries is indistinguishable
Posted on 3/29/26 at 5:18 pm to Django Unchained
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The same shlt is happing in the UK. Odd that the policy of these 2 countries is indistinguishable
UAE government is super corrupt and pays their migrant workers slave wages while a lot of them die broke on the job
Posted on 3/29/26 at 5:25 pm to JasonDBlaha
Hmmmmm.... another "breaking news report " that I question the validity of.
I'm guessing there's more to the story.
I'm guessing there's more to the story.
Posted on 3/29/26 at 5:44 pm to Django Unchained
quote:Yeah, but in one you can be stabbed by an Islamic radical, just for eating fish & chips.
The same shlt is happing in the UK. Odd that the policy of these 2 countries is indistinguishable
Posted on 3/29/26 at 5:48 pm to JasonDBlaha
They are friendly to tourists in such a way as you can buy pork and alcohol by showing your US passport and their cities are safe and clean.
They are still a shariah law nation. Husband and wife can't hold hands in public, not even in Dubai.
At least not in 2011 when I went to visit some temporarily expat family who were in Abu Dhabi at the time.
When people say they are "good" it is relative to the other Muslim countries in the area.
Remember when they locked up Willie Nelson? Never forget.
They are still a shariah law nation. Husband and wife can't hold hands in public, not even in Dubai.
At least not in 2011 when I went to visit some temporarily expat family who were in Abu Dhabi at the time.
When people say they are "good" it is relative to the other Muslim countries in the area.
Remember when they locked up Willie Nelson? Never forget.
Posted on 3/29/26 at 5:59 pm to JasonDBlaha
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as they fall foul of draconian laws that purport to protect 'national security and stability'
It's almost like you need to obey the laws of the country you are a visitor in or something. If you don't like it, GTFO. Dubai and Abu Dhabi are still cleaner, safer, and more efficient than Houston, New Orleans, D.C., London, Brussels, etc.
Heavy handed clampdown is not this. It's tens of thousands of dead in Iran, it's killing hundreds of thousands of pets in China and welding people into apartment blocks, and posting guards outside your hotel door as you sit in quarantine for weeks, being forced to get a jab to keep your job, or not being able to leave your own country because of COVID.
Posted on 3/29/26 at 6:43 pm to deeprig9
To be fair, the State of Louisiana locked up Willie Nelson a few years back for weed on his tour bus.
Posted on 3/29/26 at 7:19 pm to deeprig9
Isn’t there a certain area where ex-pats are that the rules aren’t enforced as strict?
Posted on 3/29/26 at 8:05 pm to Django Unchained
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The same shlt is happing in the UK. Odd that the policy of these 2 countries is indistinguishable
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