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Government must do more to help detained Brits in UAE, advocacy group says

BBC News·@Bbc·2 months ago
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The UK government should do more to help Britons charged for filming Iranian attacks on the United Arab Emirates, a campaign group has said. Radha Stirling, the CEO of Detained in Dubai, which provides legal assistance in the country, told the BBC she is representing four people detained in the UAE and is aware of a fifth. It comes after a 60-year-old British man was charged last month under cyber-crime laws in Dubai, after allegedly filming Iranian missiles over the city. The UK Foreign Office said it is providing consular assistance to "a small number of British nationals" that have been detained there, and its ambassador is talking with Emirati authorities about the cases. Under the UAE's cyber-crime laws, photographing, sharing or posting images of sites where missiles or drones have struck is not allowed. The BBC understands five British nationals detained over this issue are currently receiving consular assistance.…

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