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BBC interview with Radha Stirling of Detained in Dubai on Laleh Sharavesh & UAE Cybercrime Laws
Under the UAE's cyber-crime laws, a person can be jailed or fined for making defamatory statements on social media.
Londoner Laleh Shahravesh, 55, was arrested at a Dubai airport after flying there to attend her former husband's funeral.
She faces prosecution over two Facebook comments she posted on pictures of her husband remarrying in 2016.
The Foreign Office said it was supporting the mother-of-one.
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