Dubai – Page 3 – World Justice News

British woman faces Dubai jail over Facebook ‘horse’ insult

April 8, 2019 World Justice News 0

A British woman is facing two years in jail in Dubai for calling her ex-husband’s new wife a “horse” on Facebook, campaigners have said. Londoner Laleh Shahravesh, 55, was arrested at a Dubai airport after […]

Bangladesh plane ‘hijacker’ shot dead by special forces

February 25, 2019 World Justice News 0

A passenger suspected of attempting to hijack a flight from Bangladesh to Dubai has been shot dead by Bangladeshi special forces, local media report. The suspect, who reportedly warned he had a pistol, was killed […]

Briton Matthew Hedges jailed for life on UAE spy charge

November 21, 2018 World Justice News 0

A British PhD student has been sentenced to life in prison in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) for spying. Matthew Hedges, 31, of Durham University, has said he is innocent, and that he had been […]

British expat sentenced in absence over Dubai hotel row

September 19, 2018 World Justice News 0

A British expat was sentenced to three months in prison in her absence after witnessing a fight in a Dubai hotel lobby, a campaign group says. Asa Hutchinson, 22, was not present in the United […]

Sulaiman Al Fahim: Jailed for stealing £5m from wife to buy football club

February 15, 2018 World Justice News 0

The man who owned Portsmouth for six weeks during an ill-fated spell in 2009 has been sentenced to five years in a United Arab Emirates jail for stealing £5m from his wife to fund the […]

British expat faces Dubai jail for ‘witnessing’ hotel row

November 30, 2017 World Justice News 0

A young British expat faces prison after witnessing a fight in a Dubai hotel lobby, a campaign group says. Asa Hutchinson’s friends got involved in a row with a drunk Swedish man who had fallen […]

Human Rights

France bans unsolicited telemarketing calls

August 12, 2026 0

France has banned unsolicited telemarketing phone calls, in what a consumer group is hailing as a “small revolution” for the sales industry. From Tuesday, unsolicited calls are prohibited for businesses in all sectors – but […]

Human Rights

Ethiopian police arrest alleged leader of multi-million-dollar trafficking ring

July 22, 2026 0

Police in Ethiopia say they have arrested 17 suspects including the alleged leader of what they say is a multi-million-dollar international human trafficking network. The gang is accused of “the deaths of 60 migrants”, sexually […]

Human Rights

US Supreme Court upholds birthright citizenship in blow to Trump

July 1, 2026 0

The US Supreme Court has ruled that babies born in the US have a constitutional right to citizenship, rejecting Donald Trump’s bid to end the 150-year-old policy. In a 6-3 decision, Chief Justice John Roberts ruled that […]