Posting offensive language or picture on social media will put you in
jail.
UAE’s Federal Law No 5 of 2012, also known as the Cyber Crimes law
states that individuals can be prosecuted for publishing pictures of
individuals without their consent, as well as making offensive
statements about them.
Individuals who disrespect Islam and make statements that breach good
morals and conduct may also face legal punishment. Individuals can be
prosecuted for making statements that are disrespectful towards Islam,
morals and good conduct.
These include posting comments or images that ‘encourage sin’, slander
another person or breach the privacy of individuals — including taking
photographs or publishing information about another without their
permission.
According to the UAE’s official Federal Decree Law No (5) on combating
cyber crimes, it is illegal to invade someone’s privacy by
“photographing others or creating, transferring, disclosing, copying
or saving electronic photos [in addition to] publishing news,
electronic photos or photographs, scenes, comments, statements or
information” without permission.
Making slanderous statements and insulting others can be punishable by
imprisonment, a fine, and even deportation.
Members of the public are urged to report any wrongdoing to
authorities, and to show the police documented evidence they may have
of the crime, without posting the information online.
Anti-Discriminatory Law
The Anti-Discriminatory Law criminalises any acts that stoke religious
hatred and/or which insult religion through any form of expression, be
it speech or the written word, books, pamphlets or via online media.
The law also includes provisions for punishing anyone for terming
other religious groups or individuals as infidels, or unbelievers.
Penalties for violation of the various provisions of the law include
jail-terms of six months to over 10 years and fines from Dh50,000 to
Dh2 million.
The Anti-Discriminatory Law prohibits any act that would be considered
as insulting God, his prophets or apostles or holy books or houses of
worship or graveyards. It also has provisions to fight discrimination
against individuals or groups on the basis of religion, caste,
doctrine, race, colour or ethnic origin.
The law also criminalises any act that amounts to abuse of religion or
vandalism of religious rituals, holy sites or symbols, and takes a
serious view of violence on the basis of religious doctrines.
The law prohibits any entity or group established specifically to
provoke religious hatred and recommends stringent punishments for
groups or supporters of any organisations or individuals that are
associated with hate crimes. It also bars any kind of events such as
conferences and meetings within the UAE organised with the sole
purpose of sowing seeds of discrimination, discord or hatred against
individuals or groups on the basis of faith, origin or race. Receiving
financial support for such activities is also punishable under the new
law.
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