The Star Online
November 13, 2012
ABU DHABI (Reuters) - The United Arab Emirates has tightened the law
on online dissent, imposing jail terms for anyone who derides or
caricatures the Gulf Arab country's rulers or state institutions on the
web.
The UAE did not undergo the popular uprisings that toppled
four Arab heads of state last year, but it has shown little tolerance
towards dissent and more than 60 members of an Islamist group have been
detained since the start of the year.
The amendments to an
existing law on Internet crime were issued in a decree by President
Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed al-Nahayan, the state news agency WAM reported
on Monday.
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