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British Woman in Dubai Says 'F*** You' to Flatmate on WhatsApp, Gets Jailed for 2 Years
News 18A British woman has been detained and jailed for two years in Dubai for sending ‘F*** You’ to her Ukrainian flatmate over private Whatsapp chat during lockdown. The 31-year-old woman, a human resources manager from Gloucestershire, who has been living in Dubai since 2018, was moving back to the UK permanently last week and planned to join her partner and start a new job back home. The flatmate refused to drop the case even after the British woman begged her to do so.According to the report, the woman said it’s a shock to her that she has been criminalized for a private exchange. Daily Mail reports that Radha Stirling, CEO of Detained in Dubai and Due Process International, is representing the woman now and hascautioned other visitors that UAE’s overreaching cybercrime laws have been responsible for numerous arrests of foreign nationals.
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