::raises fist::
Curse you internet and showing me things I cant aford but would like to have!
http://www.arsenicfashions.com/index.html?http://www.arsenicfashions.com/shrinecommisarcoat.html
that is a hot coat ..

and now I go to bed..

Diz, Partner of _yungfuktoi_ Has been arrested and held without charges in Dubai!
Diz is a friend of 5 friends I have , thay all say he is wonderful guy who dose a ton of volunteer work and would give you his last buck if you needed it, Even if I did not know any one who knew this guy I would be posting this as its very very screwed up and wrong.

Below is an article detailing the events, and _yungfuktoi_ has updates of the situation on her journal. _yungfuktoi_ There is a petition http://www.petitiononline.com/cle2008/petition.html please sign it, PASS THIS ON PLEASE!

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UK Tourist Arrested in Dubai Airport for Melatonin, Imprisoned Without Charges
http://thetruthaboutdubai.com/

31-year-old Cat Le-Huy, Head of Technology at Endemol UK, was detained and arrested during a tourist visit to Dubai for carrying melatonin, an over-the-counter jet lag aid. Though once in custody Le-Huy tested negative for drugs and his melatonin was cleared by officials, he is still in Dubai jail with no charges and no release date.

Dubai, UAE, February 1, 2008 - This past Saturday, German citizen and UK resident Cat Le-Huy arrived in Dubai and was arbitrarily stopped at immigration. Initial inspection of Le-Huy’s belongings by Dubai authorities yielded a bottle of melatonin, a health supplement available over the counter both in Dubai and in the US (where Le-Huy had purchased it). After being taken into the interrogation room, Le-Huy was strip-searched, submitted to urine testing, and was forced to sign papers in Arabic which he couldn’t read. During the bag search, authorities came up with a few trace fragments of dirt, which they alleged to be hashish.

During and after the arrest, Dubai authorities alleged that the melatonin bottle found in Le-Huy’s bag contained other pills. As of Monday, tests conducted by the authorities indicated that the melatonin pills did not contain any other substances and the melatonin was cleared. Le-Huy’s urine sample also tested negative for any drug use. The German Embassy expected that Le-Huy would be released at this time, but authorities have called on an option to extend his detainment in order to investigate the specks of dirt that they found.

According to friends, Le-Huy’s decision to travel to Dubai came about after visiting the official tourist website of Dubai’s Department of Tourism & Commerce Marketing (DTMC). The website is part of a larger campaign aimed at Western tourists and promotes Dubai as a safe and modern holiday destination. The DTMC aggressively advertises Dubai Tourism all over the world; as per their website, “The marketing mix of DTCM-Dubai comprises of very strong, strategic placement of media campaigns in print, electronic and outdoor, which reaches the target audiences… the media vehicle, language and the creative are all tailor made to suit that market.”

The government-created DTMC website, which advertises itself as an all-in-one tourist resource, fails to mention any of the new, strict laws that ensnare Western travelers in Dubai’s prisons daily. One Dubai law states that trace amounts of drugs used before coming to Dubai in the traveler’s system count as “drug possession,” a crime punished with a four-year jail sentence. This includes legal, prescribed drugs for health conditions (examples include codeine and similar narcotic-like drugs prescribed for pain).

Although Cat Le-Huy tested negative for any drug use, he, like many other travelers, still fell victim to Dubai’s harsh anti-drug policy and remains in jail under ambiguous circumstances. As a result of Cat Le-Huy’s case and many cases like it, the Dubai Truth Campaign has launched a campaign warning travelers about the dangers of vacationing in Dubai. The website, http://www.thetruthaboutdubai.com, will highlight cases of detainment and imprisonment of Western tourists.

The Committee seeks to educate travelers about the dangers of traveling to Dubai and hopes to work with Dubai officials to make the new laws more widely-publicized to prevent such unfortunate situations from occurring in the future, and to secure the deportation of current prisoners who fell victim to these under-publicized laws.


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