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Don't call people a horse in Dubai
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British woman faces Dubai jail over Facebook 'horse' insult
A British woman is facing two years in jail in Dubai for calling her ex-husband's new wife a "horse" on Facebook, campaigners have said.
Londoner Laleh Shahravesh, 55, was arrested at a Dubai airport after flying there to attend her former husband's funeral.
She faces prosecution over two Facebook comments she posted on pictures of her husband remarrying in 2016.
The Foreign Office said it was supporting the mother-of-one
Ms Shahravesh was married to her ex-husband for 18 years, during which time she lived in the United Arab Emirates for eight months, according to the campaign group Detained in Dubai.
While she returned to the UK with her daughter, her husband stayed in the United Arab Emirates, and the couple got divorced.
Ms Sharavesh discovered her ex-husband was remarrying when she saw photos of the new couple on Facebook.
She posted two comments in Farsi, including one that said: "I hope you go under the ground you idiot. **** you. You left me for this horse".
Under the UAE's cyber-crime laws, a person can be jailed or fined for making defamatory statements on social media.
Detained in Dubai said Ms Shahravesh could be sentenced to up to two years in prison or fined £50,000, despite the 55-year-old writing the Facebook posts while in the UK.
The organisation said Ms Shahravesh's ex-husband's new wife, who lives in Dubai, reported the comments.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-47847740
A British woman is facing two years in jail in Dubai for calling her ex-husband's new wife a "horse" on Facebook, campaigners have said.
Londoner Laleh Shahravesh, 55, was arrested at a Dubai airport after flying there to attend her former husband's funeral.
She faces prosecution over two Facebook comments she posted on pictures of her husband remarrying in 2016.
The Foreign Office said it was supporting the mother-of-one
Ms Shahravesh was married to her ex-husband for 18 years, during which time she lived in the United Arab Emirates for eight months, according to the campaign group Detained in Dubai.
While she returned to the UK with her daughter, her husband stayed in the United Arab Emirates, and the couple got divorced.
Ms Sharavesh discovered her ex-husband was remarrying when she saw photos of the new couple on Facebook.
She posted two comments in Farsi, including one that said: "I hope you go under the ground you idiot. **** you. You left me for this horse".
Under the UAE's cyber-crime laws, a person can be jailed or fined for making defamatory statements on social media.
Detained in Dubai said Ms Shahravesh could be sentenced to up to two years in prison or fined £50,000, despite the 55-year-old writing the Facebook posts while in the UK.
The organisation said Ms Shahravesh's ex-husband's new wife, who lives in Dubai, reported the comments.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-47847740