UAE Justice

I do agree with the gist of this article. I have received an avalanched of outraged emails from Arabs around the world. And if I was not traveling, I would have written something about it, but I will. ""An abortion of justice," "the peak of farce and a mockery of humanity," and "unconvincing and clearly fabricated." Those are just some of the words of outrage used by Arab commentators to describe an United Arab Emirates court decision to acquit Abu Dhabi royal Sheikh Issa bin Zayed al Nahyan of torture and rape charges a graphic videotape of Issa abusing an Afghan merchant surfaced last year. Al Ain Criminal Court ruled Sunday that Sheikh Issa, a brother of Crown Prince Mohammad bin Zayed al-Nanyan, "cannot be held accountable for his actions because he was drugged" by former associates Bassam and Ghassan Nabulsi. "