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UAE deals with Bangladeshi riots last month
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2024-07-31 at 11:05 AM UTC
A court in the United Arab Emirates has handed 57 Bangladeshis long prison terms for holding protests in the Gulf state against their own country’s government.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/crgk8gnpg0zo
Three of the unnamed defendants were sentenced to life for “inciting riots in several streets across the UAE on Friday”, while 53 others were jailed for 10 years and one for 11 years, state-run Wam news agency reported, external.
It cited their court-appointed defence lawyer as arguing during Sunday’s trial that the gatherings had no criminal intent and that the evidence was insufficient.
Amnesty International condemned what it called the UAE’s “extreme reaction to the mere existence of a public protest” on its soil.
Protests are effectively illegal in the UAE, where foreigners make up almost 90% of the population. Bangladeshis are the third largest expatriate group.
In Bangladesh, more than 150 people have been killed and 500 arrested during days of violence sparked by student-led demonstrations against quotas on government jobs.
TLDR last month Bangladeshis all over the world rioted about some bullshit in their own country. They got away with it in most of the world, especially in cucked Europe, but those who tried that bullshit in the Emirates are going to be rotting in an arab prison for a very long time. -
2024-07-31 at 11:16 AM UTCI unironically admire how the gulf states deal with immigrant labour. they can come and work but they're not citizens with rights and can be expelled just as easily. dual citizenship especially is a joke.
I still remember a few years ago when Erdogan had a fit because he was told he wasn't allowed to campaign for his Turkish Presidency bid in Germany... where the Turkish population is so big it's effectively it's own voting blocThe following users say it would be alright if the author of this post didn't die in a fire!
