United Arab Emirates: (UAE) British pair face jail for kissing in Dubai
— London Times: “Ayman Najafi, 24, and a female British tourist are appealing against a one month jail sentence for restaurant kiss”
— Daily Telegraph reports:
— “The couple were arrested after a 38-year-old local woman reported their behaviour at Bob’s Easy Diner on November 27 at 2am.”
— “She said her daughter had witnessed the couple kissing each other on the mouth, and then she had seen the same thing.”
— “‘I also saw them touching each other, as they were seated two to three metres away from our table,’ her statement, read to the first hearing, said. ‘A number of customers witnessed the scene as well.'”
— “At the appeal hearing on Sunday, Mr Najafi said the pair’s behaviour had not been inappropriate.”
— “‘We kissed each other on the cheek as a greeting, nothing more,’ he told Judge Aysar Fouad. Miss Adams pointed at her cheek to show where contact had taken place.”
Updates on Charlotte Adams case:
— May 10, 2010: United Arab Emirates – Briton jailed for kiss in Dubai condemns Emirate’s ‘hypocrisy’
— April 21, 2010: (UAE) British woman goes to jail in Dubai kissing case — Charlotte Adams
