Will Dubai be marketing itself as a Valentines resort in the near future? Not for the tactile amongst us...
A British man and woman facing jail in Dubai for kissing in public have vowed to fight the charges and clear their names.
Ayman Najafi and Charlotte Louise Adams have appealed against sentences of one month in jail and deportation from the Gulf state, after they were convicted last week of kissing and drinking alcohol at a beachside restaurant. They will hear the results of their appeal on April 4.
Tyrannous laws? Foolish laws? Barbarous laws? But decency is a moral outcome, and there is no morality in punishing what comes naturally. They are victims of Dubai's crime.