United Arabe Emirates (UAE): Flogging

Index Number: MDE 25/004/2000
Date Published: 5 September 2000
Categories: Middle East And North Africa, UAE

Fatima Mohammad Ra'uf (f), Sri Lankan national and Mohammad Koya, Indian national have been sentenced to flogging and imprisonment by a Shari'a (Islamic) court in the Emirate of Fujairah. Both face flogging, 10 months imprisonment and deportation for adultry.