Dubai court upholds jail sentence for couple who kissed in restaurant

[marmar]

Dubai court upholds jail sentence for couple who kissed in restaurant
Published On Sun Apr 4 2010

Barbara Surk
Associated Press


DUBAI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES—A Dubai appeals court on Sunday upheld a one-month prison sentence for a British couple convicted of kissing in a restaurant.

The pair landed in court after an Emirati woman complained about the public kiss, which the couple insisted was just a peck on the cheek. They were arrested in November and convicted of inappropriate behaviour and illegal drinking.

Cosmopolitan Dubai has the most relaxed social codes in the conservative Gulf, but authorities enforce strict decency laws and regularly crack down on people accused of pushing the limits, which can include everything from wearing a mini skirt to losing one’s temper in traffic.

Last month an Indian couple was sentenced to three months in jail for exchanging steamy text messages. In 2008, two Britons accused of having sex on the beach got three months in jail, though their sentences were later suspended. ........(more)

The complete piece is at: http://www.thestar.com/news/world/article/790063--dubai-court-upholds-jail-sentence-for-couple-who-kissed-in-restaurant

[Bluebear]

1. Talk about a backwards place.

I don't care how much dough they have.

[KILL THE WISE ONE]

2. know where your going - maybe you don't really want to go there

[DonCoquixote]

3. Sorry for Malice, but

I remember reading The Guardian and hearing many people gloat about how Dubai was the new New York, and how it was so glamourous compare to NYC, now they will realize that they are in for a nasty surprise, along with their formerly rich friends who ended up in debtor's prison.

[RKP5637]

4. Not for me, no thanks, not a place I would ever visit... n/t

[walldude]

5. Dubai sucks... 4 years for a poppy seed...

Another guy got 4 years for 0.003 grams of pot stuck to his shoe... I wouldn't be caught dead anywhere near there.

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/travel/news/article3333905.ece

[Blue-Jay]

6. All on the word of a two-year-old.

Ain't that somethin'?

[Systematic Chaos]

7. I really can't wait for that place to crumble.

Watching karma in action is so much fun! :bounce:

[sendero]

8. Exactly...

... a sandcastle built in the desert - already bankrupt.

Why anyone would go there is beyond me. Maybe they will think twice.

[Richard Steele]

9. It's shit like this that makes me think that we should just launch our ICBMs....

We are primates, we've been at the top of the food chain
for a few million years now, and this is the best we can do?

We had our chance, and we turned this planet into a huge pile
of misery and suffering.

Launch all the nukes,
turn this planet into a glowing parking lot,
and give the BEES and ROACHES a chance to develop
a real "society".

[spanone]

10. i'll just stay far from it's reaches. stupid law, but stupid people too. imho

[demosincebirth]

12. Some here on DU think they are just misunderstood. nt

[RKP5637]

13. It's getting there. n/t

[liquid diamond]

11. That sucks.

But when in Rome do as the Romans do.