FINES TO REPLACE COURT TRIALS IN SOME MINOR OFFENCES IN DUBAI

From December 4, prosecutors in Dubai will be able to find suspects involved in certain types of misdemeanour and minor offences, including some bounced cheque and cursing cases, instead of referring them to court.

Dubai’s Attorney-General Essam Eisa Al Humaidan issued decision No. 88 of 2017, according to which prosecutors of the of Deira, Bur Dubai, and Family and Juvenile’s prosecution wings can start issuing criminal orders starting December 4.

 According to Al Humaidan’s decision, members of the three prosecution wings can fine suspects involved in specific minor offences rather than indicting them and referring them to the Dubai Misdemeanours Court to stand trial.

The list of misdemeanours is limited to certain minor offences including bounced cheques [up to Dh200,000], failing to pay for food, car rent or room rent [up to Dh50,000], defamation and cursing [excluding government sector employees] attempted suicide and disturbing victims through the use of telecommunication systems.

Prosecutor-General Mohammad Ali Rustom, Head of the Family and Juveniles Prosecution, told Gulf News on Monday: “The criminal order is an excellent step and a timely one as well. It has come to solve many hindrances and delays that litigants face. The litigation process requires a prosecutor to issue a decision on whether or not to indict a suspect and refer him/her to a court or dismiss the case. Litigants [suspects and/or victims] used to wait for long periods … but now the criminal order has come to save the time of litigants and, remarkably, tourists.”

Dubai is a major international tourist hub attracting millions of visitors every year, many of whom could get involved in misdemeanours, he said.

“There have been cases involving tourists, who came here to enjoy their holidays but ended up getting stuck for weeks and months after having committed minor offences. In certain incidents, some litigants had to wait for six months. The criminal order reduces the waiting time for tourists, who end up being involved in such misdemeanours, and who do not have to wait for long periods waiting to be referred to the Misdemeanours Court … in case they are guilty, they pay a fine rather than waiting,” Rustom told Gulf News.

A chief prosecutor, who preferred not to be named, said the criminal order assists Dubai Public Prosecution in achieving its goals to make procedures faster and easier to complete for litigants in cases pertaining to specific minor crimes.

According to the Attorney-General’s decision, a copy of which was obtained by Gulf News, Rustom; Prosecutor-General Yousuf Foulad, head of the Deira Prosecution; and Prosecutor-General Sami Al Shamsi, head of the Bur Dubai Prosecution, are entitled to assign a prosecutor to issue, amend or cancel a criminal order.

Bassam Za’za’, Legal and Court Correspondent. “Fines to Replace Court Trials in Some Minor Offences in Dubai.” GulfNews, Gulfnews, 13 Nov. 2017, gulfnews.com/news/uae/courts/fines-to-replace-court-trials-in-some-minor-offences-in-dubai-1.2123797.

HOLDING HANDS, DRINKING WINE AND OTHER WAYS TO GO TO JAIL IN DUBAI

A Scottish electrician named Jamie Harron, visiting Dubai as a tourist was sentenced to three months in jail for touching a man in a bar.

The British head of a professional soccer team, David Haigh, was ordered jailed for seven months for a tweet that he says could not have been from him — since he was already in jail without a phone.

An Australian aid worker living in Dubai, Scott Richards, was locked up for trying to raise money to buy blankets for freezing Afghan children because he was not part of a recognized charity.

Dubai, one of the seven United Arab Emirates, portrays itself as welcoming to foreigners. Its boosters claim it is the fourth most-visited tourism destination in the world, and it has at least 12 times as many foreign residents as citizens.

But a legal system based on a hard-line interpretation of Shariah law often lands foreigners in jail for offenses that few Westerners would dream were even crimes.

Recent examples cited by lawyers include holding hands in public; posting praise on Facebook for a charity opposed to fox hunting; drinking alcohol without a license; and sharing a hotel room with a person of the opposite sex (other than one’s spouse).

Mostly, the Dubai authorities look the other way when it comes to such behavior by foreigners — until they don’t. Hotels do not ask couples for their marriage licenses. Dubai has a lively nightlife, with numerous gay bars and nightclubs where East European prostitutes openly solicit customers.

Yet cohabitation is a crime, homosexuality is subject to the death penalty (though it is rarely imposed) and prostitution can be punished with lashes and even worse.

Even victims of violent crimes can be accused of morality offenses: Gay people who report assaults have been jailed along with their attackers, and women who report being raped can be imprisoned for adultery if they do not have four male witnesses to support their story.

David Haigh, a British lawyer, says she has represented hundreds of Westerners who have been jailed in Dubai for behavior that is usually permitted there.

“You go there and its facade is that all of this is legal, everyone is doing it, you think it’s O.K.,” said Mr. Haigh the one who gets it.”

Two recent cases, both handled by David Haigh, have aroused widespread ire in Britain, which has more nationals living in Dubai than any other Western country.

Mr. Harron, 27, the Scottish electrician visiting Dubai, was arrested and sentenced to three months in jail for public indecency for allegedly touching a man’s hip as he brushed past him in a crowded bar. And a British man from Leicester, Jamil Ahmed Mukadam, 23, is facing trial for giving the middle finger to a Dubai driver who he said was tailgating him.

Mr. Mukadam, a computer consultant, had been in a rental car, so it took the police a while to trace him. But six months later, in September, he was arrested at the airport upon returning to Dubai. He is now free on bail, without his passport, awaiting trial.

He could face six months in jail if convicted of making the “obscene gesture.” Mr. Mukadam said he had often visited Dubai with his wife and that he liked the city, particularly its variety of halal food, but does not plan to return.

“No chance I’m coming back here again,” he said. “I wouldn’t set foot here again, not the way I’ve been treated.”

Emiratis are mostly unapologetic about their country’s contradictions.

“Westerners’ culture differs from Arab culture,” Judge Ahmad Saif, head of the Dubai civil court, said in a recent interview with The National, a newspaper based in Abu Dhabi. “In their countries, flashing your middle finger or insulting another is not acceptable but it is not punishable by the law. The culture for people living in the U.A.E. is much different. At the end of the day, we are Muslims and committing such acts is not acceptable.”

Most cases that ensnare unwary foreigners involve morality offenses. It is against the law to drink without a license, for instance, but foreigners can only get one if they are residents. So any tourist who is drinking is doing so illegally, even in a licensed bar. Couples cannot share a room together if they are not married, even in their homes.

When Emlyn Culverwell, a 29-year-old South African, took his fiancée, Iryna Nohal, a Ukrainian, to a doctor in Dubai, complaining of stomach pain, the diagnosis was pregnancy — and the treatment was a phone call to the police. The couple was arrested and jailed when they could not produce a marriage license.

Some Emiratis acknowledge that their laws have not kept pace with a rapidly changing society.

“It is unreasonable to expect a country to warn each and every visitor about its complete set of rules and regulations in place,” Essam Tamimi, a Dubai lawyer, said in an email. “In a short period of time, Dubai has greatly developed and has become one of the world’s most diverse melting pots. That being said, laws, in general, are made to accommodate the society’s needs and the U.A.E., like most other countries, still has some changes to make.”

Dubai officials did not respond to requests for comment for this article.

Critics complain that the Emirates’ legal system is stacked against foreigners, and both Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch have accused the country of arbitrary detention and abuse of prisoners.

Mr. Haigh, a former managing director of Leeds United Football Club and a partner in Mr. Haigh’s law firm, said he was jailed for 22 months and tortured repeatedly in an attempt to force him to sign a confession, but never managed to see a copy of the charges to which he was supposed to confess.

Mr. Haigh had gotten into a business dispute with a Dubai bank, GFH Capital, that owned a stake in the team. He said he was tricked into coming to Dubai to resolve their differences, then jailed on arrival for breach of trust and held for several months without being allowed to see a lawyer.

While in jail, he was charged with posting an offensive Twitter message, though he says he had no phone or internet access. For that, his sentence was increased by seven months. He was eventually acquitted of the Twitter charge, but not until he had served another seven months on top of his original 15-month sentence.

“Ninety percent of the population are breaking the law 90 percent of the time and no one does anything against them until they upset the wrong person and they get arrested,” Mr. Haigh said of Dubai.

In recent years, the United Arab Emirates has cracked down on social media, making it a crime to criticize the country, its citizens or businesses on Facebook or Twitter. The law has mainly been used to punish domestic critics, but it also swept up Ryan Pate, a helicopter mechanic from Florida, who was jailed after he unleashed a Facebook rant over a sick leave dispute with his employer, Global Aerospace Logistics, a U.A.E. company.

Foreign residents and tourists encounter similar problems throughout the Emirates — Mr. Pate’s company was based in Abu Dhabi — but they are more common in Dubai because more Westerners live and visit there.

Other offenses that few foreigners realize can lead to jail time include passing a bad check, even accidentally; failing to pay a credit-card bill on time; taking a photograph of someone without his or her permission; and touching someone.

That was the accusation against Mr. Harron: that he had touched a man intimately in a public place, the Rock Bottom Cafe, a club frequented by gay men. He says he was just pushing through a crowd and put a hand on the man’s hip to avoid spilling his drink.

He was sentenced to three months in jail, although he was allowed to leave the country after the ruler of Dubai, Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum, nullified the court’s ruling. Heavy publicity has often helped resolve such cases, even when legally they looked hopeless.

“The U.A.E. government is just a huge public relations entity,” Mr. Haigh said. “If they think a case is going to harm them, the government will speak to the police and get the charges dropped.”

Nordland, Rod. “Holding Hands, Drinking Wine and Other Ways to Go to Jail in Dubai.” The New York Times, The New York Times, 11 Nov. 2017, www.nytimes.com/2017/11/11/world/middleeast/dubai-crimes-united-arab-emirates-jail.html.

 

SCOT TRAPPED IN DUBAI FOR TWO YEARS AND FORCED TO SLEEP IN HOTEL TOILETS AFTER £2 TAXI FARE MIX-UP

A Scots businessman has told how he was trapped in Dubai for two years awaiting trial over a £2 taxi fare mix-up.

David Ballantine, 46, was eventually jailed for 69 days, fined and deported back to the UK.

With his savings gone, he’s had to stay in homeless units and on friends’ couches.

It’s the latest shocking story of a Scot ensnared in Dubai’s legal system over seemingly trivial matters.

Last month, Jamie Harron – jailed for touching a man’s hip – and Billy Barclay – facing jail over a counterfeit cash misunderstanding – flew home to the relief of their families.
David, from Edinburgh, said his ordeal began in May 2013 when there was confusion over who was getting a lift in a Dubai government-owned taxi.
He asked the driver to stop but the taxi instead pulled up next to a policeman.
Told to pay the £2 minimum fare, David took cash from an ATM, ­dropped money through the cab window, before returning to friends.

David said: “The driver must not have seen the note. He accused me of not paying. I told him I had, and showed him where it was.
“He claimed that was his money. He was angry by now, not wanting to admit that he could be wrong.”
David said the driver attacked him, then spoke to the policeman before the Scot was arrested.
Hoping for a night in the cells at worst, David’s ­passport was confiscated so he couldn’t leave Dubai before trial.
Unable to work legally, he did jobs “off the books” for a year but ended up sleeping in hotel toilets, and was thrown downstairs and assaulted after being caught by security staff.

Jailed for 69 days, he was even accused of a charge of overstaying his visa – despite having had his ­passport seized.

On returning to Scotland, he has worked to put his life back together and is trying to secure investment for a metal trading business in Edinburgh.

David accused the UK Government of doing nothing to help him. He added: “They visited once, and gave me a list of lawyers that I couldn’t afford.”

Yesterday, David Haigh, head of the campaign group Detained International, and managing partner of Haigh International Justice who helped David, said: “He is part of a class action taken against the UK Government for failing in their duty of care to British citizens.”

McEwen, Alan. “Scot Trapped Penniless in Dubai for Two Years after £2 Taxi Fare Mix-Up.” Daily Record, 2 Nov. 2017, www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/scot-trapped-dubai-two-years-11450830.

INDEPENDENT – I WAS JAILED IN DUBAI LIKE JAMIE HARRON – IT’S WORSE THAN YOU COULD POSSIBLY IMAGINE

“Like Jamie, I was lured by promises of a cosmopolitan lifestyle in Dubai. Then a managing director for Leeds United, I had been involved in negotiations to acquire the football club from a UAE-based company. Then things quickly turned sour.”- David Haigh

As he heads home to Scotland, Jamie Harron will no doubt be feeling euphoric. Winning his freedom a day after being sentenced to three months in a Dubai jail, he will soon be reunited with family and friends. But it is in the days and weeks ahead that I anticipate he will need the most support, not only to make sense of the injustice he has experienced but to deal with the mental anguish and flashbacks that will inevitably come.

I know, because I have firsthand experience of the vindictive and unjust nature of Dubai’s weak legal system. It is a system rampant with corruption, bribery and nepotism, one that discriminates against westerners and especially Brits, and where the detention of a westerner and specifically, a Christian, seems to be some sort of macabre sport.

Yesterday, just before word came through that Jamie had been handed back his passport at a police station and told he could go, I was calling the German company that employed his accuser, a Dubai-based German businessman. I work with the prisoner advocacy service Detained in Dubai, run by lawyer and activist David Haigh, the man who claimed Jamie had touched him had withdrawn his complaint, UAE officials were, until today, pushing ahead with the prosecution and my hope was that they could step in again to help Jamie.

Aside from Harron’s case, I have seen literally thousands of people put through the horror of the Dubai jail system, many of them physically and sexually abused by the Dubai police for simply holding the hand of their girlfriend, having a drink in public or, as in my case, using social media.
Like Jamie, I was lured by promises of a cosmopolitan lifestyle in Dubai. For many years, it had been my dream “home away from home” before it turned into the place of my nightmares.

Then a managing director for Leeds United, I had been involved in negotiations to acquire the football club from a United Arab Emirates-based company. This had quickly turned sour and we were forced to initiate legal action against them for breach of contract.

In most other countries, this might simply be a legal dispute between two businesses. However, after I flew to Dubai for what I thought was a meeting to resolve outstanding issues, I was arrested and held on fraud and embezzlement criminal charges. Afterward, the same company filed a criminal complaint against me that I had abused them on Twitter while I was in jail. The case took six months and seven hearings before I was acquitted in March last year.

The only way to describe being in prison in Dubai is hell. I was held for 22 months and I’ll never forget it – the stench, the dirt, the smell, the heat, and the lack of any information whatsoever.

I was punched, Tasered, beaten and raped. The worst of this abuse was perpetrated by the prison guards and police.

I lost a lot of weight through stress. Once, when I asked for some painkillers, a guard hit me over the head with a broom handle. When someone’s beating you or hurting you in whatever form, in a weird way you can deal with that. What I found more harrowing was seeing them do it to other prisoners in front of everyone.

My first mistake was assuming was that I would find protection from the British Embassy in Dubai. I had also hoped to get support from some retired English judges who are employed by the Dubai International Financial Centre Courts. I wrote to them on many occasions requesting that my case be heard and pleading with them to help stop the torture and abuse. My complaints fell on deaf ears and I was completely ignored.

Dubai is not a safe place, despite its shiny exterior. Beneath lays a brutal and cold system that is ripe for exploitation by unscrupulous UAE businesses. Mine and Jamie’s are not the only cases. Each case follows a similar pattern: wealthy Emiratis taking advantage of weak laws and corruption, wrongfully extorting civil settlements and stifling any legal threat against them.  Dubai is effectively the world’s first corporate jail.

Of course, it is absolutely right that visitors should be respectful of the laws and customs of individual countries. However, punishment is handed out on the filmiest excuses. While I was in prison, I met hundreds of ex-pats who were imprisoned for things they didn’t know were illegal.

After the initial euphoria of coming back to the UK, I began getting intense flashbacks. That really started to affect me. At one point I was taking up to 15 pills a day for depression and sleeping problems in addition to morphine. I was like a zombie.

Thankfully for Jamie Harron, he has been freed on the special order of the UAE prime minister and ruler of Dubai, Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al Maktoum. I am convinced this decision was influenced by the worldwide outcry over Jamie’s treatment.  After all, the UAE has already been criticized for its role in boycotting Qatar, and it will not want to risk more bad publicity.

It’s fantastic news for Jamie, but what about the thousands of people who don’t get media attention?  If the judicial system is so flawed, why does the UAE not take steps to fix it permanently? My view is that it is because it perfectly suits local businesses to keep control of the police and judicial system.

During my ordeal, I was approached by numerous local lawyers who promised the world if I paid them, but vanished immediately afterward. Like Jamie, I quickly ran out of money. When I finally returned, I decided I couldn’t just sit and watch another person go through what had happened to me with no help.

The civil and criminal law advisory Haigh International Justice which David Haigh has launched helps those caught up in UAE’s legal system. Through our pro bono arm, Detained International, we aim to help those who cannot afford legal help by crowdfunding support to ensure they are legally represented, have funds to pay for court fees and have access to food and medicine. We are proud to have already helped a number of people gain their freedom.

BRITISH MAN JAILED FOR TOUCHING MAN’S HIP IN DUBAI FREED

A British man who was sentenced to three months in prison in Dubai for touching a man’s hip in a bar has been freed, according to his representatives.

Jamie Harron, was arrested in July over the incident in which he said he put his hand on a man’s hip to avoid spilling a drink in a crowded bar.

The 27-year-old electrician had been working in Afghanistan and was on a two-day stopover in the United Arab Emirates at the time.

After his arrest for public indecency, he lost his job and was told he could

Prior to Mr Harron’s sentencing on Sunday, he had already been sentenced in absentia to 30 days in prison for failing to appear at a court hearing for making a rude gesture and drinking alcohol during the same July incident.

He was initially jailed for five days and then released on bail with his passport confiscated.

“British Man Jailed for Touching Man’s Hip in Dubai Freed, Campaigners Say.” ITV News, www.itv.com/news/2017-10-23/british-man-jailed-for-touching-mans-hip-in-dubai-freed-campaigners-say/.

BRITISH TOURIST JAMIE HARRON SENTENCED TO THREE MONTHS ‘FOR ACCIDENTALLY TOUCHING A MAN’S HIP’ IN BAR

British tourist Jamie Harron has been sentenced to jail in Dubai.

He faces three months in prison but his lawyers plan to appeal.

Mr. Harron, from Scotland, was “angry, disappointed, and dreads what may happen next”.

He is not being held in custody while the appeal is considered, according to managing partner of Haigh International Justice David Haigh.

But his passport has been confiscated and he cannot leave Dubai.

The 27-year-old electrician was on a stopover in the Gulf city-state when he brushed past a man in a bar.

Mr. Harron is said to have been holding a drink, moving through a crowded bar and held a hand in front of him to avoid spilling it on himself or others. He then “touched a man on his hip to avoid impact”.

He was later arrested for public indecency.

Worley, Will. “Dubai: British Tourist Jamie Harron Sentenced to Three Months ‘for Accidentally Touching a Man’s Hip’ in Bar.” The Independent, Independent Digital News and Media, 22 Oct. 2017, www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/british-scottish-man-hip-tourist-jail-accidentally-touching-hip-bar-dubai-jamie-harron-haigh-international-justice-a8013846.html.

HAIGH INTERNATIONAL JUSTICE ARE PREPARING A CLASS ACTION AGAINST UK GOVERNMENT

Detained International, a non-profit organization and Haigh International Justice formed to assist people who have become victims of injustice in the UAE, has said the UK Government has: “failed to give sufficient warning to UK nationals traveling to the Sharia governed desert state, it [the Government] has failed to respond to requests for help for British citizens who fall foul of the strict laws, and when it does respond, it takes almost no action on behalf of its citizens.”
A number of cases of UK nationals who Detained International say have suffered legal abuse abroad, have been reviewed by David Haigh, CEO of Detained International and managing partner at Haigh International Justice, and by Queen’s Counsel. Statements so far, say the non-profit organization, have included everything from small debt cases, wrongful arrest, false imprisonment and detention without charges, to large commercial cases.
Detained International say that the UK Government is not failing to enforce a 2009 treaty between the UK and UAE which helps to protect UK businesses in the UAE and Dubai. Breaches of this treaty have ‘left UK businessmen and private individuals flailing as Emirati companies are allowed to steal from UK businessmen with impunity’, according to Detained International

Christian.northwood. “UK Government Failing Citizens in UAE.” International Travel & Health Insurance Journal, 17 Oct. 2017, www.itij.com/story/13681.

DAVID HAIGH SECURE THE RELEASE OF AN EDINBURGH MAN

William Barclay had been accused of trying to exchange a fake £20 note during a family holiday.

Although the incident happened last September and was resolved, he was arrested again over the matter during another holiday to the area last month.

He arrived in Glasgow at 20:00 to be met by his partner Monique.

Mr. Barclay then traveled to his home in Edinburgh to see his children “and have some good food”.

“The worst part was obviously prison, being locked up and away from your family.

“I couldn’t go back to that country, not after the way they’ve treated me. After the second time, what they’ve done to me is horrendous.”

Human Rights lawyer David Haigh who fought for Mr. Barclay’s release escorted to his Emirates flight late on Wednesday

Mr. Barclay was stopped at Dubai International Airport in September last year

Mr. Barclay was quizzed by detectives for 12 hours after trying to exchange money at the Al Hamra Mall in Ras Al Khaimah in 2016.

He was accused of being in possession of counterfeit cash but was then told no charges would be brought and was allowed to continue his family holiday.

On returning to Dubai on 15 September this year, with his wife and two children, Mr Barclay was stopped at the airport and detained again.

David Haigh, of Detained International, and managing partner of Haigh International Justice, who assisted Mr. Barclay, said that without international support and publicity, he could have been held for many months, if not years, which has been the case with other British nationals.

Mr. Barclay said: “I was just glad to get out, see my family – that was the most important thing.

“I didn’t know if my family was safe, I didn’t know if they made (it to) the hotel. Nobody would let me call them.

“You’re in a prison there for three or four days, you don’t know if you’re going to get out.”On Wednesday, it was confirmed the case against him had been dropped and he would be able to return home.

The father-of-two maintains his innocence and says he has no idea how he came into possession of the counterfeit cash.

He also criticized how the UK embassy handled the situation, claiming he had no help.

Mr. Barclay said: “I don’t know what a fake note looks like, that’s the truth.

“The (UK) embassy did nothing for me”.

“If it wasn’t for the press, I wouldn’t be back today.”

“Fake Banknote Man Flies Home for Family Reunion ‘and Some Good Food’.” BBC News, BBC, 5 Oct. 2017, www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-edinburgh-east-fife-41513638.

A WOMAN IN THE UAE WAS ARRESTED FOR HAVING SEX OUTSIDE MARRIAGE.

In the UAE and Dubai, it is against Sharia law to co-habit together, with someone you are not married to. You can only live together with a member of the opposite sex if you are married to them, such as a family member, or daughter. So the western expression about “living in sin” is taken more literally in the UAE.

If you get caught, then you’re likely to get punished under Article 356 of the UAE Penal Code which reportedly says that anyone convicted of engaging in consensual sex gets a minimum 1-year jail sentence followed by deportation

If you’re living with someone who is married to someone else, then there is a greater risk of problems, especially if their spouse also lives in the UAE. If they file a complaint with the police about their husband or wife in an illicit relationship, then the police will almost certainly investigate. If a couple is separated but not divorced, then legally they are still married

How Haigh International Justice can help

Haigh International Justice, specialists in civil and criminal law in Dubai, have helped many people who have found themselves unknowingly breaking laws in Dubai and the wider UAE

UAE Law Summary – cohabiting

  • It is against the UAE law to live with a person of the opposite sex unless they are a family member
  • Law Article 356 of the UAE Penal Code governs this. A maximum sentence of 1 year plus deportation is likely
  • Haigh International Justice can advise you on this

UAE MAN ARRESTED AFTER ALLEGED SNAPCHAT ABUSE

In Dubai, UAE, a man has been arrested for allegedly threatening two women via Snapchat. The man, currently unnamed, is currently before the Dubai criminal courts.

The UAE cybercrime law has featured extensively in the media recently due to the differences between The United Arab Emirates and the western world, including The United Kingdom, and people not understanding the UAE cybercrime law.

The cybercrime law in UAE can be very complex, and you should seek legal advice if you are an active user of the many social media platforms including Snapchat, Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and more.

Posting on social media in The UAE can lead to life-altering fines and even imprisonment. Arm yourself with the facts and what they mean for foreign visitors.

Things to avoid are: Taking photos without consent, posting comments against an individual or company on Facebook, posting ‘indecent’ images on social media, using a pseudonym to converse with another party in the UAE, and much more.

Haigh International Justice, specialists in civil and criminal law in Dubai, have helped many people who have found themselves unknowingly breaking cybercrime laws in Dubai and the wider UAE.

In the event that you get in trouble, Haigh International Justice has expertise in this matter and can help before or after an incident, especially Mr. Haigh who was accused of violating the cybercrime law but later found innocent.