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    BBC Breaking News‏Verified account @BBCBreaking 22 Nov 2016

    Case dropped against British woman charged with having extra-marital sex after reporting she had been raped in Dubaihttp://bbc.in/2flFHJ8 

    8:25 AM - 22 Nov 2016
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      2. No one Nose‏ @saltypleb 22 Nov 2016
        Replying to @BBCBreaking

        only because she is British I bet plenty of thier own citizens are punished under that law. Disgraceful

        1 reply 4 retweets 48 likes
      3. Rose.‏ @Rakpenguin63 22 Nov 2016
        Replying to @saltypleb @BBCBreaking

        Could well be. It sickens me to think how many Muslm women must endure this hell.

        1 reply 2 retweets 13 likes
      4. tammy‏ @getitright775 22 Nov 2016
        Replying to @Rakpenguin63 @saltypleb @BBCBreaking

        what about british children British School Girls Raped by Muslim Gangs on "Industrial Scalepic.twitter.com/6nrII12akV

        2 replies 3 retweets 3 likes
      5. Rose.‏ @Rakpenguin63 22 Nov 2016
        Replying to @getitright775 @saltypleb @BBCBreaking

        I was talking about in Dubai. I'm well aware of the cases here.

        0 replies 0 retweets 1 like
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      1. LiamJHogan‏ @LiamJHogan 22 Nov 2016
        Replying to @BBCBreaking @EllenDatlow

        It's a start. Now, can we prosecute the rapists back in the UK?

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      1. 3fronts‏ @3fronts 22 Nov 2016
        Replying to @BBCBreaking

        Oh, how good of them...

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      2. KiltedArab‏ @kiltedarab 22 Nov 2016
        Replying to @Askrigglad @BBCBreaking @BBCNews

        Dubai is in UAE, not Saudi. Unlikely the Saudis would have halted prosecution. Abhorrent there ever was 1

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      4. KiltedArab‏ @kiltedarab 22 Nov 2016
        Replying to @Askrigglad

        actually quite different. If I remember correctly, Dubai doesn't use flogging for non muslims . Awful legal system though.

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      2. faizan khan‏ @faizank30007431 26 Dec 2016
        Replying to @avinla568 @BBCBreaking @BBCNews

        ☺

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      2. Swiss Looker Three‏ @swisslookertwo 22 Nov 2016
        Replying to @BBCBreaking @BBCNews

        She is lucky she did not get thrown in jail she knew the rules in Dubai and she broke them she should be kept in jail

        1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
      3. Paul_Nadirehs‏ @Paul_Nadirehs 22 Nov 2016
        Replying to @swisslookertwo @BBCBreaking @BBCNews

        She broke them by being raped? Are you insane?

        1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
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      5. Paul_Nadirehs‏ @Paul_Nadirehs 22 Nov 2016
        Replying to @CattRodenTaylor

        And @swisslookertwo thinks it's the poor woman's fault, wow!

        2 replies 0 retweets 1 like
      6. Swiss Looker Three‏ @swisslookertwo 22 Nov 2016
        Replying to @Paul_Nadirehs @CattRodenTaylor

        It is her fault she knew the laws before she went and she broke the law big time and needs to be punished

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      8. Swiss Looker Three‏ @swisslookertwo 22 Nov 2016
        Replying to @CattRodenTaylor @Paul_Nadirehs

        Raped Drink kinda go together neither of them nice but it happens the story is based on she was having a aff

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