A British woman has been detained by the Emirati government after being gang raped in Dubai while on holiday. This is a double tragedy, first to suffer such a horrific experience in the first place but then to be arrested and detained by the government of the country in which it happened?? It is unimaginable. The victim, Zara-Jane Moisey,  is separated from her husband which means that under Sharia’h law she can be charged for extramarital sex. This is exactly the charge that this woman now faces.

Zara-Jayne Moisey did what rape victims are encouraged to do in the Western world when their rights have been violated in the most personal of ways, report the crime to the local police. It turns out that this was the worst thing she could have done. Instead of launching an investigation and finding the men who raped Zara, the police arrested her and confiscated her passport.