Comments on: UAE: Justice for Alex http://globalvoicesonline.org/2007/11/08/uae-justice-for-alex/ The world is talking. Are you listening? Mon, 30 Nov 2009 18:14:08 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: john johnson http://globalvoicesonline.org/2007/11/08/uae-justice-for-alex/comment-page-1/#comment-1428999 john johnson Sat, 12 Apr 2008 16:33:24 +0000 http://www.globalvoicesonline.org/2007/11/08/uae-justice-for-alex/#comment-1428999 www.justiceindubai.com http://www.justiceindubai.com

]]> By: Usman Sani Bello http://globalvoicesonline.org/2007/11/08/uae-justice-for-alex/comment-page-1/#comment-1214562 Usman Sani Bello Wed, 12 Dec 2007 19:23:32 +0000 http://www.globalvoicesonline.org/2007/11/08/uae-justice-for-alex/#comment-1214562 I must say my prayers and sympathy goes to Alex, for what he went through. I am glad that the Government of Dubai have taken actions in bringing the criminals to justice. I really hope that the world would give this nation a chance to see to it that justice is done. However, I am most disappointed with the fact that the mother of the innocent young man wants to sue the ruling family of Dubai, I think it is baseless. It wouldnt make any sense for anyone visiting the USA to sue the preseident of the country if they were treated badly in any way. I must say my prayers and sympathy goes to Alex, for what he went through. I am glad that the Government of Dubai have taken actions in bringing the criminals to justice. I really hope that the world would give this nation a chance to see to it that justice is done. However, I am most disappointed with the fact that the mother of the innocent young man wants to sue the ruling family of Dubai, I think it is baseless. It wouldnt make any sense for anyone visiting the USA to sue the preseident of the country if they were treated badly in any way.

]]> By: anonymous http://globalvoicesonline.org/2007/11/08/uae-justice-for-alex/comment-page-1/#comment-1211743 anonymous Fri, 30 Nov 2007 19:34:26 +0000 http://www.globalvoicesonline.org/2007/11/08/uae-justice-for-alex/#comment-1211743 How can the Emirates stop being homophobic hypocritcal perverts, if their own ruling royal family sexually assaults people and tries to get away with it? Read below!!!!! (from Guardian UK) _________________________________________ UAE sheikh to stand trial for 'sexually motivated' assault David Pallister Wednesday October 31, 2007 Guardian Unlimited The brother of the ruler of the United Arab Emirates, one of the richest men in the world, is to stand trial in Switzerland for an alleged assault on an Italian-American businessman in the bar of an exclusive Geneva hotel. Swiss prosecutor Daniel Zappelli has confirmed that 37-year-old Sheikh Falah bin Zayed bin Sultan al-Nahyan will be tried on charges of assaulting Silvano Orsi with a belt in the La Reserve hotel four years ago. Article continues -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mr Orsi, 39, claims that he was repeatedly attacked after refusing homosexual advances from the sheikh and has since been unable to work because of his injuries. The sheikh, in evidence to a pre-trial closed hearing last year, claimed that he merely had a 30-second scuffle after he was accused of being gay. The case will be heard before a three-man tribunal that can impose a sentence of up to two years in prison. Mr Orsi, of Rochester, New York, says he was having a late evening drink with a Saudi friend when the sheikh sent over an unsolicited bottle of champagne. It remained unopened on the table and a few minutes later, according to Mr Orsi, the shiekh came over and accosted him. When he resisted, the sheikh attacked him and beat him savagely his belt. Despite the sheikh's bodyguards trying to intervene Mr Orsi says the assault continued as he retreated to the reservation desk. He says he sustained a herniated disc, nerve damage in his right leg and post-traumatic stress disorder. Before he left the hotel, Mr Orsi says, the Emirate's consul in Geneva arrived at the hotel and offered him €13,000 to keep quiet. At the hearing last year Sheik Fallah admitted that he was annoyed when Mr Orsi refused the champagne but confronted him "after I was called gay," according to a transcript obtained by The Associated Press. The sheik said he and Mr Orsi grabbed and shook each other violently for about 30 seconds before his bodyguards intervened. He said he took off his belt because Mr Orsi was "bigger than me" and "I was just at the very point of striking him with my belt but we were separated". How can the Emirates stop being homophobic hypocritcal perverts, if their own ruling royal family sexually assaults people and tries to get away with it?

Read below!!!!! (from Guardian UK)
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UAE sheikh to stand trial for ’sexually motivated’ assault

David Pallister
Wednesday October 31, 2007
Guardian Unlimited

The brother of the ruler of the United Arab Emirates, one of the richest men in the world, is to stand trial in Switzerland for an alleged assault on an Italian-American businessman in the bar of an exclusive Geneva hotel.
Swiss prosecutor Daniel Zappelli has confirmed that 37-year-old Sheikh Falah bin Zayed bin Sultan al-Nahyan will be tried on charges of assaulting Silvano Orsi with a belt in the La Reserve hotel four years ago.

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Mr Orsi, 39, claims that he was repeatedly attacked after refusing homosexual advances from the sheikh and has since been unable to work because of his injuries. The sheikh, in evidence to a pre-trial closed hearing last year, claimed that he merely had a 30-second scuffle after he was accused of being gay.
The case will be heard before a three-man tribunal that can impose a sentence of up to two years in prison.

Mr Orsi, of Rochester, New York, says he was having a late evening drink with a Saudi friend when the sheikh sent over an unsolicited bottle of champagne. It remained unopened on the table and a few minutes later, according to Mr Orsi, the shiekh came over and accosted him. When he resisted, the sheikh attacked him and beat him savagely his belt.

Despite the sheikh’s bodyguards trying to intervene Mr Orsi says the assault continued as he retreated to the reservation desk. He says he sustained a herniated disc, nerve damage in his right leg and post-traumatic stress disorder. Before he left the hotel, Mr Orsi says, the Emirate’s consul in Geneva arrived at the hotel and offered him €13,000 to keep quiet.

At the hearing last year Sheik Fallah admitted that he was annoyed when Mr Orsi refused the champagne but confronted him “after I was called gay,” according to a transcript obtained by The Associated Press.

The sheik said he and Mr Orsi grabbed and shook each other violently for about 30 seconds before his bodyguards intervened. He said he took off his belt because Mr Orsi was “bigger than me” and “I was just at the very point of striking him with my belt but we were separated”.

]]> By: Dubai rape case « The Social Watch http://globalvoicesonline.org/2007/11/08/uae-justice-for-alex/comment-page-1/#comment-1204414 Dubai rape case « The Social Watch Fri, 09 Nov 2007 03:57:32 +0000 http://www.globalvoicesonline.org/2007/11/08/uae-justice-for-alex/#comment-1204414 [...] a nightmare, when three men kidnapped and raped him before leaving his body behind a local hotel. Fifteen-year-old Alexandre Robert recently testified against two of the three Emirati men that raped... The third suspect is expected to be tried in juvenile courts. His mother, V’eronique Robert has [...] [...] a nightmare, when three men kidnapped and raped him before leaving his body behind a local hotel. Fifteen-year-old Alexandre Robert recently testified against two of the three Emirati men that raped… The third suspect is expected to be tried in juvenile courts. His mother, V’eronique Robert has [...]

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