Friday, July 19, 2013

Norway slams Dubai jailing of rape victim...

A Norwegian woman who reported being raped to the police in Dubai has been imprisoned for having extra-marital sex. On Thursday, the Foreign Ministry said the verdict was "highly problematic" from a human rights perspective.

"This verdict flies in the face of our notion of justice," Foreign Minister Espen Barth Eide told the NTB news agency. "It appears very odd that a person who reports rape is convicted for crimes that in our part of the world are not considered crimes."

24-year-old Marte Deborah Dalelv was convicted on Wednesday of having sex outside of marriage, for drinking alcohol, and for perjury.

"Additionally, this verdict is highly problematic from a human rights perspective," Eide added.

 Also on Thursday, her parents recalled the sequence of events that led to their daughter's imprisonment. Full story...

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