Dubai hotel rape case dismissed

Posted by: Theresa Wednesday, 19 May 2010 7:29 AM[UAE]

It is terrible what the Indian waiter went through and it all turned out to be false. The woman should also be charged with making a false accusation. I hope that the waiter was still able to keep his job and nothing is in his record.

Posted by: P.A.S.S. Sunday, 31 January 2010 2:44 PM[UAE] - UAE

I think what is missing as the comments and articles go on and on is that the couple are both Muslim, thus consuming alcohol has even greater implication, even in a licensed hotel. I am not Muslim, but alcohol consumption seems a pretty big 'no-no' in Islam.

Posted by: arw Sunday, 31 January 2010 2:09 PM[UAE] - UAE

as far as i understood the law on alcohol here in uae. The hotels are legally allowed to sell alcohol to visitors who are here on visit/business visa within the hotel bars. It is those of us with residence visas that must own an alchohol license to consume alcohol in the hotel bars. It is then Illegal to carry alcohol in your system outside the hotel.. so is any law broken if people on visit visa consume alcohol in the hotel bar and then go to their room.. ?? it seems to me the laws surrounding bars and alcohol are very difficult to come by, perhaps the government should publish these rules and regulations in multiple languages on its website along with all the other unknown laws such as dancing anywhere outside a nightclub (re: reports of people being taken aside at Global village recently).. Or another possibility, some leaflets in the airport for people to pick up and understand the weird and wonderful laws that are applied at a somewhat random and possibly when it suits way

Posted by: Valyikath Sunday, 31 January 2010 7:46 AM[UAE] - UAE

Contradictions seems to rule the roost these days on the news. However what caught my attention was the the satement in your news items that read " He said that they would only stand trial for consuming alcohol without a permission." Now that is news !... The five star hotel have the permission to sell alcohol , but to consume it a customer need permission. It is a mockery of the law at best and the admission of a pathetically ambigous legal system at worst. A marriage is a union of two minds between a man and woman. The moment they commit themselves to living together, in the eyes of God , they are pronouced as husband and wife. A certifcate signed by both the parties, or a document stating them as husband and wife is irrelavent beofre the almight. Yes, in this temporal world governements or officialdom may ask for documentation that certifiying their relationship, but it should restrict to just that....and the legal system sholuld not escalate itself to questioning the sanctity of a marriage which is already sanctioned by God

Posted by: Dan Saturday, 30 January 2010 4:17 AM[UAE] - Sweden

I remember when the Mullahs grabbed the power in Iran and civilized behaviour fled away and mass executions started. Sometimes the Mullahs were asked ?what if he/she is innocent?? The answer was ?We will carry out the execution but if it shows that the person was innocent he/she will go to haven? There is a hopeful outlook the civilized behavior will come back to our beloved country very soon.