18 year old detained in Dubai for sexual relations with 17 year old fellow Londoner he met while on family holiday in the Emirates

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I usually don’t feel sorry for the people caught up in these stories because they ignore the modern day slavery etc. for a few instagram pictures on quad bikes, but this guy is quite young.

There was a story recently where a guy got arrested for a negative online review.

 

[Pogue Mahone]

Don't go or travel through there after this comment.

Believe me, I have absolutely no intention of ever setting foot in it.

 

[Pogue Mahone]

Why is it horrible?

Because of stories like this one, for starters. That and other assorted human rights abuses and the vulgar ostentatiousness of the place. I reckon the heat is grim too.

 

[Florida Man]

I'm sure it's normal to study the age of consent laws every time you go to another country

A gentleman always does.

 

[Florida Man]

Fair enough if it was a lass from that country but when it's another Brit where your laws are 16 I think it's a tad different in terms of dynamics despite the laws within that country.

Not saying I agree with the punishment, but merely stating reality.

 

[BarstoolProphet]

Because of stories like this one, for starters. That and other assorted human rights abuses and the vulgar ostentatiousness of the place. I reckon the heat is grim too.

Heat is only bad during the summer, rest of the year it's quite enjoyable. Dubai has gone very liberal over the years and the difference from the mid-noughties is remarkable, even if stories like this can pop up from time to time. I can understand why it can be seen as vulgar to some. Personally I like Dubai (although prefer Abu Dhabi of the two mains in UAE) even if they have some way to go stil by Western standards (but hope they never go full Western on everything). Although I have to say, I feel way safer there than in any big city in the West, but at the same time I can understand that not everyone feels the same (ie depending on your nationality).

I do feel Middle Eastern nations is sometimes underdeservedly put under way more scrutiny compared to Western countries, where there are major issues too.

 

[MarylandMUFan]

The mom of the girl should be given the award for "Karen of the Century".

 

[Sara125]

I feel like they like to make examples of British people in particular. I don’t know if any of you were following this story but there was a football coach there who was caught with CBD oil - iirc it wasn’t even his a friend came to Dubai to visit him and left it in his car or something. I think he’s doing something like 10 years and his family have been trying to free him since like 2021

 

[NotChatGPT]

Unless he’s done something proper stupid in relation to texts/pictures, it seems fairly fecking mental that the mom of the girl reports this to the police in Dubai.

 

[KirkDuyt]

Because of stories like this one, for starters. That and other assorted human rights abuses and the vulgar ostentatiousness of the place. I reckon the heat is grim too.

But they nicely hide the dirty poor workers from all the fancy tourist places! And it's super safe, because they just hide criminals in a dungeon forever.