Annakins, 19.2.2008 09:50:
Täs on ny lähiaikoina ollu muistaakseni 3 älyntöntä vankila- tai muuta vastaavaa tapausta Dubaissa. <klip> En siis vielä lähtis vetää johtopäätöksiä, et näitä tapahtuu jatkuvasti
http://www.fairtrials.net/index.php/news/article/charity_issues_urgent_warning_to_all_travellers_to_uae_after_briton_impriso/
Some recent cases handled by Fair Trials International:
Keith Andrew Brown
43 years old from Middlesex. Arrested on 17 September 2007 at Dubai airport, enroute to London from Ethiopia. He and his wife were stopped and searched at the airport and nothing was found. Then the stub of a roll-up cigarette was seen on the sole of his shoe. He was charged with possession of 0.003g of cannabis and was this month sentenced to 4 years imprisonment. He is waiting for an opportunity to seek clemency.
Robert Dalton, 25 from Kent
Robert travelled to Dubai on 13 November 2007 for a holiday after finishing his economics degree. He was stopped and searched at the airport and arrested after Customs officers alleged they found 0.03g of cannabis in his pockets. He is currently on trial and if convicted, will mostly likely receive a 4 year prison sentence.
20-year old man from West Yorkshire
Arrested at Dubai airport on 16 January 2008 while travelling back to the UK from Pakistan. Currently standing trial in Dubai after Customs officers alleged they found 0.02g cannabis in his pocket.
London man, in his 40s
Arrested on 7 May 2007 at Dubai airport on his honeymoon. Customs officials found 2g of cannabis in the pocket of a pair of shorts in his suitcase. He had forgotten it was there. He was sentenced to 4 years imprisonment but was granted amnesty in Ramadan and released in October 2007.
33 year-old London man
Was arrested at Dubai airport on 14 May 2007 after travelling to UAE on business. Customs officials found 2g of cannabis in his pocket. He had forgotten it was there. He was sentenced to 4 years imprisonment, but granted clemency and released in October 2007.
Tracy Wilkinson, 45 of West Sussex
Arrested at Dubai airport in 2005 for possession of codeine, a common pain relief medication, which she had been using to ease chronic back pain. She was held in custody for 8 weeks before officials accepted proof from her doctor of its use for prescribed medical purposes only.
Other reported cases
A Swiss national currently serving 4 years after 3 poppy seeds were found on his clothes by customs officials at Dubai airport. He had bought and eaten a bread roll at Heathrow before flying to UAE.
19 French nationals have been arrested in the past 18 months for possession of banned substances.
In June 2007, a 24 year-old Italian man was sentenced to 4 years imprisonment after 0.01g of cannabis was found in his jacket pocket.
Tuossa on jo äkkiä laskettuna jo
29 ihmistä, joiden syyksi on luettu mm. sämpylästä varisseet unikonsiemenet, lääkärin määräämät kipulääkkeet tai kengänpohjaan tarttunut natsa.
T.