A man who insulted the UAE on social media has received three years in prison for the offence, The National reported.
Mohammed Ashour, a 38 year old Palestinian man, was fined AED50,000 and given a three-year jail term. He will be deported after his sentence. According to reports, The Federal Supreme Court found him guilty of creating a Facebook page that causes damage to the UAE’s reputation.
The UAE’s cybercrime laws prohibit all forms of online abuse. This is not the first time that people have landed themselves in trouble for posting defamatory comments on social networking sites.
Mr Ashour pleaded not guilty in his defence hearing late last year, claiming that the comments were made during private interactions over Facebook. Speaking to Judge Mohammed Al Jarrah Al Tenaiji, he said: What happened was a conversation between two users. I never created a website. It was a personal online page on a social media network.”
As per the UAE Cybercrime Law No5, which was created in 2012, all forms of online abuse are a criminal offence, and sentences can result in a fine of between AED50,000 and AED3 million, as well as a prison term of up to life in jail.
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