Article in Gulf News: A drunken UAE national has been jailed for 2 years for kidnapping an 18-year old Pakistani girl and raping her five times. Simply appalling!
A young girl's life is ruined and he only gets 2 years? That's like a slap on the wrist and "Don't do it again!" I believe in the UAE justice system, but news like this really makes my blood boil! I don't think sentences for rape cases are lax, but they are biased. The situation, and the court sentence, would have been very different if:
1. Subcontinent expat kidnaps and rapes UAE national
2. UAE national kidnaps and rapes Western expat
and so on...
A crime is a crime no matter where it happens. Race, creed and nationality should never be a criteria in sentencing criminals. This is great dilemma for the country's justice system, especially one that is promoting itself as a tourist destination, a business hub and prides itself as a safe and crime free nation.
---------edit: note from secretdubai----------
While everyone would agree that light sentences for rapists are inappropriate, or that nationality shoud never be an issue in sentencing, please remember that there are people of all nationalities posting here, including UAE nationals. Bear this in mind if you comment below, because if this becomes an Emirati-bashing discussion, it will be deleted.
We also don't have the full facts of this case. Nor - no matter how much anecdotal evidence you may have, or how many newspaper stories you have collected - do we have any firm evidence or research into whether the UAE judiciary discriminates between nationalities when sentencing.
15 September, 2005
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Two years? Thats just sick!
This must not turn into an Emirati bashing post, as that is not the intention. The topic of discussion is the justice system.
clayfuture - your post was fine, I just made the comment as a preventative measure!
I assure you this has happened for everyone, including a pakistani national who raped 3 emirati girls who were his emaratis wifes daughters a few months back, he got 4 years of jail.
Please look at my blog to find a few articles regarding this
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