UAE sets out legal overhaul of personal and family law

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Nice of them to update the laws. I feel the west put pressure on them.‌ Some good take aways from it below....lol

"Suicide and attempted suicide will be decriminalised‍. Until now, someone who tried to take their life but survived could have been⁠ prosecuted"

"The law will ensure "Good Samaritans" who intervene in situations where people are in⁤ need cannot be held liable for the outcome of those they help. Under a long-standing,⁣ but rarely used clause, it was possible for someone who went to the aid of⁢ someone, to give CPR or other first aid, to be held accountable for their injury︀ or death."

"The punishment for the rape of a minor or someone with limited mental︁ capacity will be execution."

"The new law mandates that translators are provided for defendants and︂ witnesses in court, if they do not speak Arabic. The court must ensure legal translators︃ are available."
 
Do you think they crack more/in other︄ ways if the west puts pressure on them? Like more aml, kyc, residency, wealth hunt︅ etc.

I was following your comments about Dubai as I quite like the place and︆ I wanted to move there soon.
However, I might pick a corrupt banana republic instead︇ for the time being and watch the development.
 
That is also‌ my fear. Plus they have a pretty extensive surveillance grid.
 
Look, if⁣ a sheikh or sheikh's son would like to make this guy life miserable, they would⁢ make it. This guy, with questionable past related to drugs, seems to be making this︀ up. You have to fill the pages in the book somehow, to make it look︁ and sell better. If you are alcoholic, moving to Dubai won't make you stop drinking.︂ There are people here who drink and drive, which works for them until something happens.︃ And don't forget in prisons everyone is "innocent" in case if you ask someone. It's︄ like here on this forum, everybody is innocent looking for dark solutions to screw his︅ taxman or launder some money through Nigerian homeless prince ID card lol
 
True, very true, but for some point they must follow what they write up "in‌ the book" - if a US citizen or a UK citizen will be raped and‍ hold hostage by some sheikh´, I'm sure some diplomatic war will start.
 
Does using drugs in the past suddenly⁠ mean presumption of innocence doesn't apply and you are guilty without trial?

Look, this guy⁤ dumped the sheikh's son and planned to leave the country. Then he was arrested based⁣ on a tip from a "reliable source" and it was claimed meth was found on⁢ him. This was never proven with any evidence, he was put into jail, spent many︀ months in there, then was sentenced by a judge where the entire process was: "walk︁ into the court room, stand for 5 second, judge says "Arthur, guilty, lifetime sentence, out",︂ and you are put back into the prison.

Probably his major mistake was that he︃ signed a document in Arabic where he admitted his guilt.

He was sentenced to life,︄ spent a year in prison, then the sheikh released him for reasons probably known only︅ to the sheikh and his son. Here's some more info: Chora miłość szejka – Artur︆ Ligęska skazany na dożywocie w ZEA (again with auto-translate). If he's making all that up,︇ then he's a better story teller than H.C. Andersen and Agatha Christie combined.

By the︈ way he was next cell next to Amhed Mansoor, what presumption of guilt would︉ apply to this guy then?
 
Yup I know⁤ people personally who have been through that 😕. They have no independent judiciary.

Yes they will.︀ Covid has weakened and hastened reforms out there. Gulf states in general are extremely weak︁ internally and externally.
 
I see.⁠ The glitter and glamour is nice but beyond that, it is basically built on sand.⁤
 
I would not trust to live there, Dubai is a nice place for business and‌ vacation but you want to leave the country quickly.
 
It's definitely not a place you want to spend time in long term. Your plane can‍ take of from Europe land in Dubai and in that short time the laws can⁠ change.
 
That looks like a potential honey trap⁠ the wealthy foreigners there when times get tough. And they might very well be with⁤ that cheap oil and low tourism.
 
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