{"id":24944,"date":"2013-07-18T22:26:16","date_gmt":"2013-07-18T18:26:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/?p=24944"},"modified":"2013-07-18T22:26:16","modified_gmt":"2013-07-18T18:26:16","slug":"norwegian-woman-who-reported-being-raped-in-dubai-is-jailed-for-16-months","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/en\/?p=24944","title":{"rendered":"Norwegian woman who reported being raped in Dubai is jailed for 16 months"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Dubai\"<\/a>A young Norwegian woman has been sentenced to 16 months in jail after she reported a rape in Dubai.<\/p>\n

The 25-year-old was in the United Arab Emirates on a business trip when she was raped and reported the assault to the local police.<\/p>\n

Dubai police did not believe her, and instead took her passport and jailed her on suspicion of having had sex outside marriage.<\/p>\n

The Norwegian woman reported the sexual assault in March this year, after which she had to spend days in a cell before she was allowed to use a telephone.<\/p>\n

With the help of family members, the Norwegian consulate was able to negotiate a release and she has been living under the protection of the Norwegian Sailor\u2019s Church until her sentencing this week.<\/p>\n

‘I received the harshest sentence for sex outside marriage, harshest sentence for drinking alcohol and on top of that I was found guilty of perjury,\u2019 the woman told Verdens Gang.<\/p>\n

\u2018It is a terrible situation she is in,\u2019 said Gisle Meling, the priest at the Norwegian Sailor\u2019s Church.<\/p>\n

\u2018We are very surprised and had hoped it would go another way, but we live in a country which has a justice system which draws its conclusions with the help of Sharia law.\u2019<\/p>\n

She was sentenced to one year and four months in jail but as Norway has no extradition treaty with Dubai, her future is uncertain.<\/p>\n

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