UAE charges 21 people with cybercrimes for filming and sharing missile strike footage - advocacy group says
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Twenty-one people, including a 60-year-old British tourist, have been charged under the United Arab Emirates’ cybercrime laws for filming and sharing videos of Iranian missile and drone attacks, according to an organization that provides legal assistance to those arrested in the UAE.
Twenty-one people, including a 60-year-old British tourist, have been charged under the United Arab Emirates’ cybercrime laws for filming and sharing videos of Iranian missile and drone attacks, according to an organization that provides legal assistance to those arrested in the UAE.
The British man was arrested in Dubai on Monday under a law that prohibits the publishing or sharing of images that might incite panic or spread rumors, the organization, Detained in Dubai, told CNN.
CNN has reached out to the Dubai government for comment.
The United Kingdom’s Foreign Office told CNN: “We are in contact with the local authorities following the detention of a British man in the UAE.”
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