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U.S. Student Sentenced In Dubai After She ‘Gently Touched’ Airport Staff (atlantadailyworld.com)

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From the Atlanta Daily World:

Photo: Detained In Dubai A 21-year-old New York college student has been sentenced to a year in prison after she allegedly “gently touched” a security guard at a Dubai airport. Elizabeth Polanco De Los Santos, 21, was at the Dubai International Airport for a layover while flying from Istanbul to New York in July when … Continued

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[–] [email protected] 20 points 2 years ago (1 children)

“Elizabeth only intended to transit through Dubai for six hours, but she’s been there for months on end and has lost $50,000 in expenses and lawyers costs,” Detained in Dubai founder Radha Stirling said in a statement. “She’s now been told she has a one-year prison sentence but that if all ‘goes well’, she will only be detained until she can book a flight out of the UAE.”

Elizabeth said female security officers requested she take off her doctor-mandated waist-training brace at the airport. When it was time to leave, officers refused to help her put the brace back on and blocked her from exiting, Detained in Dubai said.

That’s when Elizabeth “gently touched” a security guard’s arm so they could get her friend to help.

After the incident, officials told her she was being detained “for touching the female customs officer,” Detained In Dubai reports. Elizabeth was reportedly sentenced to one year in prison for “assaulting and insulting” Dubai airport staff.

What the hell is going on over there? Is there more to the story or did Dubai just decide to imprison this girl for no reason?

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Performative religious acts against foreigners is kinda Islam's jam. Why anyone would visit these theocratic hellholes is beyond me

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 years ago

It was just a layover.

Also a reason I'm very careful about what flights I select and where the layovers are at.