About 20 jailed foreign businessmen have gone on hunger strike in Dubai to protest against lengthy sentences for writing cheques that bounced, a criminal offence in the United Arab Emirates.
“I’ve exhausted every avenue that I can see,” Peter Margetts, 48, a former property developer, told the Financial Times from a prison pay phone. “I’ve exhausted the legal system, the lawyers have their hands tied here and they’re not going to rock the boat.”
There should be fair sentencing for all nationalities in the UAE not only Emirati's . Expats get years in jail and have to protest by hunger striking whilst Emirati's face NO JAIL...see www.gulfnews.ae for article on Emirati businessman only fined for bouncing a 121 million dirhams worth of cheques.
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