British Tourist beaten to death in Dubai Police cell
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Pints said:
+1
Another country I'm adding to my list of "God-forsaken s
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"Where anything can happen"Another country I'm adding to my list of "God-forsaken s
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Including being dragged away from your loved ones having objected to someone coming into your room unannounced only be beaten to death in some s
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Some of these Arab nations really need to get their s
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Heard the one about the Swiss bloke jailed in Dubai after he was found smuggling three poppy seeds from a bread roll?
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/travel/news/artic...
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/travel/news/artic...
nothing new....glitz n glamour for the rich and powerful...the ordinary are still the same. Nomads and desert people with very old style definition of morality and justice living in a desert. They dont really like foriegners. Get used to it....look around and be grateful for the life the foreigners have here in the UK.
Godzuki said:
I worked there for a good few years, and never had a problem. As with most Middle Eastern countries, justice is 'brutal' to say the least, but if you just be normal, and use a bit of common sense, you'll be fine.
People on a stopover en route to somewhere else, being held for 8 weeks for having prescription codene for a bad back......FFS.I travel extensively with work all round the World, and have an impressive bag full of medications that I have collected over the years, anti emetics, various anti biotics, imodiums, paracetamol, sumatriptans etc. I've been to Dubai twice, on layovers to HK, one a 24 hr stay, one a 4 day stay. Only recently have I found out that I could have been locked up for my medication bag! It is hardly well advertised.
On my latest trrip to HK, I spent ober a grand more on a flight to go direct, so as to not fall foul of any ridiculous laws out there, it just isnt worth the risk.
Never been there and no desire to go. BTW, here's what AOL news say about this.
http://travel.aol.co.uk/2011/04/14/british-tourist...
I've heard that any visitor who's dependent upon opiate-based medicine can be imprisoned and given not one public flogging but several.
http://travel.aol.co.uk/2011/04/14/british-tourist...
I've heard that any visitor who's dependent upon opiate-based medicine can be imprisoned and given not one public flogging but several.
Edited by Langweilig on Thursday 14th April 15:37
Edited by Langweilig on Thursday 14th April 15:38
poo at Paul's said:
People on a stopover en route to somewhere else, being held for 8 weeks for having prescription codene for a bad back......FFS.
There is a published list of banned medication but you probably wouldn't know it if you book online, a doctor's note is all that's needed. I do agree completely that the zero-tolerance stance at DXB, even for drugs available in Dubai, is bonkers. I take a doctor's note even for antihistamines.Gassing Station | News, Politics & Economics | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff