According to Dinchi Lar’s family, she was imprisoned for exposing the mistreatment of Nigerians at Dubai airports. Dinchi Lar, a Nigerian woman, was sentenced to a year in prison in the United Arab Emirates.
They made this claim during a demonstration on Sunday in Abuja in response to the Dubai authorities’ one-year prison term for the woman.
On August 31, Lar posted images and videos of herself and other people who she claimed to be Nigerians being held at the Dubai airport on her Twitter page.
The pos that she made reads;
“I am at the Dubai international airport and myself and some tiger Nigerians with valid visas are being held in a room hours after arriving with no explanation and no information on what we can do. Please help me. There is more than 20 of us.”
After her post, her family made another post indicating that the lady was sentenced for exposing the maltreatment of Nigerians in Dubai.
The post made by the family reads;
“It is sad and regrettably heartrending to tell you all that Dinchi Lar was sentenced on 12th Oct 22, to 1yr in jail in Dubai. Her family is devastated and Nigeria didn’t save her. Her sentence came from the backdrop that she got a family visa to travel. But in fact, she was traveling with her sister. It got messy and complicated. She was released on arrival after being detained for several hours, only to be sentenced when she was returning to Nigeria.
They are capitalising on the fact that she made a video then posted it on her Twitter timeline to narrate the ordeal. They said it’s cybercrime in their country. She went ahead to delete it. Still, that didn’t soften them. Now she’s jailed. We are planning a protest at the Dubai consulate in Abuja.”
The situation got a reaction from the Nigerians in Diaspora Commission, and in the commission’s response to the situation, it said;
“Under the UAE cybercrime law, taking a video or photograph of someone without his/her consent and posting such on social media is an offence punishable with one-year jail term or a fine between approximately $69,000 and $137,000, or both jail term and fine.
Ms Lar made and tweeted the viral video of the UAE official at the airport. She was sentenced on the 12th of October and has 15 days to appeal the judgment. Ms Dunchi Lar can still appeal the ruling and has been assured of moral and consular support by the Nigerian mission in Dubai.”
Source: www.ghgossip.com
