Online defamation and libel
@S_Alnowais is the Twitter account of a user that acts towards Wilke in a criminal manner and through her column, called The National. The latter is paid and it is not a free press! It follows political agenda where there is a “red line” for reporters. “Anyone who went expecting a free press was kidding…
British teacher jailed in UAE for Facebook post saying ‘camels are treated better than humans’
(Source ICFUAE: 09 April 2019) A British teacher was jailed in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) for a Facebook post which said that camels in the Gulf state were treated better than humans. Speaking to The Sun, Christian Wilke, 40, says he spent nine months behind bars for an ‘electronic insult’ but was never told…
Freedom of the UAE Press
Key Developments in 2016 After being held without charge for eight months, a prominent academic and critic of the government, Nasser Bin Ghaith, appeared in a closed court session in April and faced accusations of committing cybercrime and terrorism.The government continued to hold Jordanian journalist Tayseer al-Najjar in detention throughout the year, ostensibly in connection…