9 Apr 2019

UK woman faces jail in Dubai over ex-husband 'idiot' comment

From Morning Report, 6:18 am on 9 April 2019

A British woman is facing two years in jail in Dubai for calling her ex-husband an "idiot" and his new wife a "horse" on Facebook. Laleh Shahravesh was arrested at a Dubai airport after flying there to attend her ex husband's funeral. She faces prosecution for breaking Emirates cyber crime laws when she commented on pictures of her husband remarrying in 2016. Radha Stirling is the founder and chief executive of the group Detained in Dubai. She talks to Guyon Espiner.