Naked Photos in Dubai, Dozens of Models and Photographers Will be Deported
Dubai authorities detained at least 11 Ukrainian women who posed nude during the day with a male Russian photographer on charges of public debauchery and producing pornography.
Images and videos of naked women circulating on social media this week and sending shock waves across the country, which adheres to Islamic or Sharia law, have put foreigners in jail for lesser offenses.
After a very swift investigation, Dubai Attorney General Essam Issa al-Humaidan announced that those behind the shoot would be sent back to their country, without elaborating.
Rapid deportation of foreign nationals is rare in the legal system in Dubai. Such cases are usually brought to court or tried before deportation.
"The public prosecutor ordered the deportation of the accused because their behavior was against public morals," said al-Humaidan, adding that the women had been accused of violating the country's public morality laws. ).
More than a dozen women appear in the widely shared video. Dubai police refused to identify those detained.
Ukrainian and Russian authorities confirmed the arrests of their citizens today, but the nationalities of the other parties detained were not immediately known.
One of the models has been identified as Ukrainian lawyer Yana Graboshchuk, 27 years old. He is identified on social media thanks to the distinctive tattoo on his hip.
The Graboshchuk family have since told the media they had no idea what he was actually doing in Dubai, thinking he was on vacation.
The pro-Kremlin tabloid Life identified the Russian man who was arrested as the head of an information technology company in Russia's Ivanovo region, although his company denies he had anything to do with the shoot. The Associated Press was unable to find out if those arrested had legal representation or contacted lawyers for them.
Stanislav Voskresensky, governor of Ivanovo, asked the Russian Foreign Ministry and the Russian ambassador to the UAE to offer their support to the Russian man.
"We do not leave our own," wrote Voskresensky on social media.
This is not the first time foreign social media influencers, amateur and pro, have caught unwanted attention in the United Arab Emirates.
As Dubai promotes itself this year as a friendly party haven amid the pandemic for travelers fleeing lockdowns elsewhere, European reality TV stars have come under fire for showing off their poolside holidays in Dubai on social media and for bringing the virus home. New Corona.
Denmark and Britain later banned flights to the UAE as virus cases surged in the country.
Although the UAE has recently made legal changes to attract tourists and foreign investors, allowing unmarried couples to stay in one hotel room and residents drinking alcohol without a permit, the Gulf Arab country's judicial system maintains harsh penalties for violating public decency laws.
Nudity and other "indecent behavior" carries a penalty of up to six months in prison and a $ 1,900 fine. Sharing pornographic material can also be punishable by a prison term and a large fine. Most of the state-owned telecommunications companies block access to pornographic websites.
Foreigners, who make up about 90 percent of the UAE's population of more than 9 million citizens, have been jailed for online comments and videos, as well as offenses deemed harmless in the West, such as public kissing.
Dubai police often turn a blind eye to foreigners who behave badly - until they don't.
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