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As the Middle East is drawn into war, expats and influencers are under pressure to only share the positive side of the UAE. In reality many are at risk of being put behind bars, and often find the UK government has little interest in helping them get out

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[–] d00ery@lemmy.world 8 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (2 children)

Trump acknowledged and dismissed it when the Saudi ruler visited in 2025 https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/nov/18/trump-bin-salman-visit-jamal-khashoggi?hl=en-GB

His body was dismembered and disposed of in some way that was never publicly revealed.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assassination_of_Jamal_Khashoggi.

A Saudi citizen who refused government orders to give up his home to make way for a new mega-project was killed by security forces, according to Saudi activists.

“The Saudi government has no right to uproot our people from their lands and homes for their projects that don’t benefit the region or the residents,” said Abutayah.

Abutayah alleged she has received death threats from Saudi agents because of her opposition to the government.

The Red Sea development, known as NEOM, is a mega-project envisioned by Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (MBS) in Tabuk province.

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/4/15/saudi-forces-kill-man-who-refused-to-give-up-property-activists

[–] lazynooblet@lazysoci.al 6 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Okay but the article is about UAE, or is this "Middle East" in general.

[–] AmidFuror@fedia.io 6 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Commenter probably figures "they're all the same."

[–] d00ery@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

No doubt you'll tell me this is biased, but you make your own judgements.

https://www.hrw.org/world-report/2026/country-chapters/united-arab-emirates?hl=en-GB

[–] d00ery@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

According to Anssaf Ali Mayo, a Yemeni lawmaker, Abraham Golan was hired as a mercenary to kill him back in 2015. He said it was part of a larger effort by the UAE to eliminate people who opposed them politically

https://www.msn.com/en-in/news/world/ex-us-soldier-earned-1-5-million-a-month-for-uae-kill-jobs-report/ar-AA204iok

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-67945137?amp%3Bat_campaign=KARANGA

https://www.hrw.org/world-report/2026/country-chapters/united-arab-emirates?hl=en-GB

[–] lazynooblet@lazysoci.al 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

That list doesn't include murdering and dismembering journalists or destroying homes for some mega project. Is this comment thread misinformation or just confused?

[–] d00ery@lemmy.world -1 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] lazynooblet@lazysoci.al 2 points 2 months ago

I don't know how your links are related to my question. Yes UAE have done bad stuff, no one is saying otherwise, but the parent commenter said some specific things which I now believe to be in error.

[–] Buffalox@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago

EXACTLY as lazynooblet wrote, it was a Saudi incident not Dubai.
Not that I would expect better from Dubai, but you can't paint another country's action on Dubai. That simply doesn't make any sense.