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Emirati Man Gets 3-Month Prison Sentence Over Instagram Insult (go.com) 96

Posted by BeauHD from the add-insult-to-injury dept.
An anonymous reader quotes a report from ABC News: A state-owned newspaper in the United Arab Emirates is reporting that an Emirati man has received a three-month prison sentence and a fine after being convicted of insulting his brother on Instagram. The Arabic-language newspaper Al Etihad reported on Thursday that the man's brother became upset after finding his photo on his brother's Instagram account with an expletive as the caption. The newspaper says the unidentified defendant also must pay a 250,000-dirham ($68,000) fine under the sentence from the Khor Fakkan Court of Misdemeanors. The newspaper says the defendant planned to appeal. In other insult-related stories, we asked Slashdotters back in April, "What are some insults no developer wants to hear?" Some of the standout responses include: "Wow this is microsoft quality!" and "It compiled cleanly, so he shipped it."
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Emirati Man Gets 3-Month Prison Sentence Over Instagram Insult

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  • This from a country? (Score:1, Funny)

    by Anonymous Coward
    This from a country that practices the "Religion of Peace"? Shocked I tell you! Shocked!

    • Re: (Score:2)

      by SirSlud ( 67381 )

      There is a litany of other countries with massive problems with human rights. Look at the world for human rights shitshows, and the common thread is system of government, not the name of the religion on the box.

      • There is a litany of other countries with massive problems with human rights

        Yep, and they should all have more of a say in how the Internet is run. Just as soon as the US surrenders control [vice.com]. The more progressive companies are already there — actively policing "hate speech" [wordpress.com] on their own.

        And that last link takes us right back to the religion of peace... Quite unintentionally...

    • Re: (Score:2)

      by GNious ( 953874 )

      The Netherlands just imprisoned a man for insulting another man .... That's a catholic country.

      • Wild guess - you're an American.

        • Re: (Score:2)

          by GNious ( 953874 )

          Why? Because I know that the most-common religion there is Catholicism, or because I think that King Willem-Alexander is just another man, and shouldn't have special laws protecting him from insults?

          • Re: (Score:2)

            by fnj ( 64210 )

            It is far more significant that the Netherlands is 49% "no affiliation" than it is that it is 24% catholic - and 27% "other".

  • >"also must pay a 250,000-dirham ($68,000) fine under the sentence from the Khor Fakkan Court of Misdemeanors"

    Court of *misdemenors*? $68,000 and three months for a misdemeanor?? What is a felony? 600 years and $87 million fine?

    Shouldn't be a crime at all, but that is just plain crazy.

  • And for Insulting the King of the Netherlands... (Score:4, Informative)

    by starless ( 60879 ) on Thursday July 14, 2016 @09:31PM (#52515191)

    And in the supposedly "liberal" Netherlands a Dutchman has been sentenced to jail for insulting the king on facebook:
    http://www.bbc.com/news/world-... [bbc.com]

    Apparently the guy faked photos, which arguably might be covered under regular libel laws, but he was imprisoned under
    a special "lese majeste law that dates from 1881 and carries sentences of up to five years jail or a fine of 20,000 euros ($22,200; £16,700)."

    • Today I learned that the Netherlands still has a King. WTF? How do they act all smug and superior to everyone, and they still have a 19th century concept that was the contemporary of Jim Crow?

      • It may surprise you that many countries still have a monarch as head of state. More interesting would be that he is as much as a figurehead as the queen of England, and even more interesting is that his monarchy is disputed due to the fact that at some point back the royal family did not have a male heir to the throne.

        Anyway you clearly don't know much about the Netherlands. Kings day is one of the biggest tourism days of the year and the entire country basically busts out the orange cloths they store speci

        • Re: (Score:2)

          by fnj ( 64210 )

          Yeah. A "figurehead" who happens to be specially protected from criticism. That's kind of the hallmark of a monarchy.

          • Yeah. A "figurehead" who happens to be specially protected from criticism. That's kind of the hallmark of a monarchy.

            What kind of criticism? Someone who does nothing and is responsible for nothing is hardly in a position to be criticised. This is simply a case of national pride and very very different from the kind of crap that goes on in eastern countries.

            In any case, look up what he did and for what he got punished. The crime carries a max penalty of 5 years. He spent 14 days in jail. The parliament wanted to debate removing the law from the books in parliament and the king happily gave the go-ahead to do so. Is that y

        • Someone is currently in prison for insulting him. I don't call that a figurehead. Put the king to death and establish a republic, join the 20th century for God's sake.

            • Why?

              And before you answer, look into the case a bit more.

              • Why?

                And before you answer, look into the case a bit more.

                I've looked into the case with tremendous interest and was surprised to find how many people have, in fact, been charged under this law in recent years... Regardless, feudalism, "nobility" (sic) and aristocracy should've been completely eradicated centuries ago; the fact that their ilk are still extant anywhere on the planet, much mess Western Europe, makes me want to hurl.

                • What "ilk"? A figurehead who is symbolic only, who doesn't care much for the law under which this person got charged and has stated he'll support any motion by the parliament to remove it (not that he gets a say in the matter), a person who is much loved by his people, doesn't wear a crown, sends his children to state school, has no problem with people talking to him in informal language, and is part of a royal family where every member is normal functioning member of society with a normal job....

                  yeah what

                  • Truly they sound like decent enough people but smarter men than you or i have done a more than adequate job demonstrating the evil inherent in a monarchy. In any case, if he's really that enlightened and wants to impress the world with his considerable self-respect, he's free to step down and abdicate. Anything else is meaningless.

          • Someone is currently in prison for insulting him. I don't call that a figurehead. Put the king to death and establish a republic, join the 20th century for God's sake.

            For 14 days...
            For a law that the king has happily said he's happy to be revoked if the parliament decides.

            But yes I know understanding something is much easier than spewing catch phrases over the internet, and thinking is so 90s.

  • Why didn't they just have a typical sibling argument, maybe at most throw a few punches, and call it a day?

  • Liberty Memes ran a Hillary Clinton meme and Facebook took it down and suspended their account.

    http://www.breitbart.com/tech/2016/07/11/facebook-deletes-hillary-clinton-memes/ [breitbart.com]

    IMHO the meme was well within normal political satirical norms. I can imagine "memes" that I would agree should be taken down, but this seems like a case of lese-majeste enforcement by Facebook.

    I think I could get away with posting a meme like that; I'm not famous or popular. It's only if something starts getting lots of likes and sh

    • You are using facebook because pretty much everyone you know is on it? That does not make sense to me.

      • Re: (Score:2)

        by steveha ( 103154 )

        All the news of my friends is made available over Facebook. "I got a new job!" "I just ran a marathon!" "Got a new kitten!" "Broke up with my boyfriend." Whatever.

        If your friends don't use Facebook, maybe you get the news of them the old-fashioned way. But I'm getting nonzero value out of reading my friends' news of themselves.

        I share news that way too. I try to keep it interesting and non-political. I have friends who have different political views than I do, and Facebook isn't a place to convert a

    • Re: (Score:1)

      by Desler ( 1608317 )

      Boohoo. Run your own website if you don't want to play by Facebook's rules. Do you need the waaaahmbulance to stop by?

  • I take it back (Score:5, Informative)

    by rebelwarlock ( 1319465 ) on Friday July 15, 2016 @12:17AM (#52515773)
    Before I said that BeauHD had apparently stopped being a retard who linked unrelated bullshit at the end of a summary, but apparently that's just not true.

  • Their religion has made them incapable of rational thought or putting things in perspective. Insult someone, draw a cartoon, or say something that they don't like (even if it is patently true) and they go into an uncontrollable rage. Hence the law in muslim countries treats them more like a vicious dog or an ants nest than human beings, say something nasty and its your fault if they go on a killing spree.

    • Re: (Score:2)

      by fnj ( 64210 )

      It ain't just islam, though islam is just about the worst. What do you think of as one of the most mellow religions? Buddhism perhaps?

      December 24, 2014 [time.com]: "A bar manager from New Zealand and two Burmese nationals are spending Christmas Day in Burma’s notorious Insein prison and will go on trial Friday, charged with insulting the Buddhist religion." The New Zealander was facing FOUR YEARS imprisonment. He was actually sentenced on March 17, 2015 to 2-1/2 years. One of the other two was sentenced to 2 yea

    • When did it become OK to bash an entire religious population on slashdot? It seems to be happening a lot more often, and I find it pretty disturbing. Let's try on a different version of your comments.

      Baptists are incapable of rational thought or putting things in perspective. Drink, dance, or have anal sex and they go into an uncontrollable rage.

      That makes about as much sense.

  • Prison sentences, for insults.

    Words.

    Sticks and stones and all of that?

    Nope. Now we have "microaggressions".

    All because our population is becoming ridiculously infantilized.

    So point and laugh now.

    Victim culture will have us at the same level soon.

  • An insult only says something about the person telling it.
    The target has to have quite a fragile ego to give any care about it.
    Unless, maybe,f it's the truth. But then, is it still called an insult ?

  • Adding the Emirates to my long list of places I'd rather not be.

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