New Information on #FreeScottRichards - Possible Charges under Cybercrime Laws Review your social me
Federal Decree-Law no. (5) of 2012 ON COMBATING CYBERCRIME Article 27 of the Cybercrime Laws provide that anyone who publishes information on a computer network to call or promote for the collection of donations without a license accredited by the competent authority will be punished by imprisonment and a fine of between AED 200,000 (apx. GBP 40,000 and AED 500,000 (apx. GBP 100,000). The sentence, if convicted, would likely include deportation. According to news provider 7d
Press Release: UAE Prosecuting Judge approved Police application to extend Scott Richards´ detention
Scott Richards, a British/Australian man has been in detention without charge for three weeks now, for allegedly breaching the UAE´s new charity laws (original press release below). Sadly, the Prosecuting Judge granted a further extension while police continue to investigate. He is appalling conditions and has made a request to be transferred from Al Murraqabat Police Station to a prison, though remains in police custody, under inhumane conditions. He has not been able to mee
UAE residents in fear over social media use, after the arrest of a British National for talking abou
UAE´s shocking (and seemingly confused) application of their new charity laws, leaves residents wondering if they are even allowed to talk about charities that exist outside of the UAE. British National Scott Richards, from Primrose Hill in London, was arrested for suspected violations of the UAE´s charity restrictions. Although on inspection, he did not raise funds for any charity and volunteered for charities while outside of the UAE. Technically, he should not have been ar
New Detained in Dubai Membership Program to provide immediate, ongoing intervention
Scott Richards has been indefinitely detained by police in Dubai for posting on social media about his charity work. This is a perfect example of how arbitrarily anyone can be arrested in the UAE for often the most unexpected and inexplicable reasons. We have dealt with many such cases involving "offences" that the average person would never imagine would land them in trouble with the law. In the UAE, you can be arrested for something as innocent as taking a selfie, watchin
Australian-British National in detention, without charge, for supporting a US Charity, even though h
Scott Richards, an Australian-British national, residing in Dubai and working as an economic development advisor, is one of few to be arrested under new 2015 UAE laws that prohibit promoting non UAE registered charities. The law is only one year old and most people are not aware of its existence, though does not believe that he is in breach of the law at all! When a new law is enacted that could easily lead to the arrest of the average person, the government needs to take res
