American Arrested Inwards Uae For His Ultimate Scrap System: The Deadly Satwa Gs Youtube Video

-
An American human has been arrested too repeatedly denied bail inward the United Arab Emirates, later he posted a satirical YouTube video well-nigh life for immature residents of Dubai. The detention of Shezanne Cassim, 29, is reportedly the offset fourth dimension that a foreigner has been arrested nether the UAE's tough novel cybercrime laws.

In a press liberate issued yesterday, the Emirates Center for Human Rights stated that Cassim was arrested inward Apr of this yr for his purpose inward the video, which he uploaded to YouTube inward October, 2012. According to the group, Cassim is existence held at a maximum-security prison theater inward Abu Dhabi along amongst other participants inward the video's creation. Cassim faces prison theater fourth dimension too upwards of $250,000 inward fines, the grouping said, too is existence defendant of using the Internet to issue "caricatures" that are "liable to endanger acre safety too its higher interests or infringe on populace order."

 

The video inward question, shown inward a higher house inward a screenshot too inward full, is a 19-minute mock documentary shot inward Dubai. It profiles a grouping of students deal a fictional "Satwa Combat School," too is largely a spoof on the stance that immature UAE residents pose equally "tough" exactly are genuinely mild inward their demeanor. The video begins amongst a disclaimer that reads "The next events are fictional [and] no offense was intended to the people of Satwa too UAE." But according to officials, the video is far from a lighthearted satire: they say that it violates Article 28 of a stiff cybercrime decree introduced inward 2012 — 1 calendar month after Cassim posted the video.

 

Cassim, who relocated from Minnesota to Dubai for hold upwards later graduating college inward 2006, has reportedly been denied bail on 3 divide occasions too doesn't nonetheless convey a lawsuit date. Until this week, his household unit of measurement members living inward the US of America had elected to protect his identity equally they worked towards his release.(link) (link)

 

The video is long too alone funny at times exactly offensive, I don't recollect so.

Share this post