Women Jailed For 'Indecent' Beach Acts in Dubai

Janvier · Sep 2, 2008

Two foreign women have been jailed for a month for kissing and fondling each other and engaging in "indecent acts" on a public beach in Dubai.
The Dubai Court of Appeal upheld the one-month jail sentence handed down by a lower court to the women, a 30-year-old Lebanese national and a 36-year-old Bulgarian who both pleaded not guilty, 7Days newspaper said.

Prosecutors had charged the women with kissing, groping each other and "indecent acts in public," the paper said, adding that this was the first case of its kind in the United Arab Emirates, a federation of seven states including Dubai.

According to police reports, the two women were seen being intimate with each other on Al Mamzar public beach between Sharjah and Dubai in April.

They will be deported after serving their sentences.
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Woah, that's a little rough, being gay in Dubai can't be fun..
Muslim laws are far too strict.

Psychedelic Bookmarks · Sep 2, 2008

Living in Dubai would suck.

Although it's worth noting that this sentence is actually less than you would get for a heteroseuxal "indecent exposure" (i think). They get fussy with any kind of sexuality in public.

Proud1p4 · Sep 2, 2008

While despicable that these fine ladies should receive any punishment whatsoever, their penalty could have been a lot worse than jailing.

Link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:World_homosexuality_laws.svg

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