I started reading it thinking that the author just had an axe to grind against Dubai, but most of his observations were accurate.
You might not like his tone when talking about the plight of laborers, the abundance of prostitutes, the problems with the legal system, but the problems are real.
The coda on the end was particularly insightful:
Politics and human rights
1 No suffrage
2 Political parties illegal
3 Freedom of association and expression curtailed
The UAE refuses to sign the following treaties:
4 International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights
5 International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
6 Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families
7 Convention against Torture
I started reading it thinking that the author just had an axe to grind against Dubai, but most of his observations were accurate.
You might not like his tone when talking about the plight of laborers, the abundance of prostitutes, the problems with the legal system, but the problems are real.
The coda on the end was particularly insightful:
Politics and human rights
1 No suffrage
2 Political parties illegal
3 Freedom of association and expression curtailed
The UAE refuses to sign the following treaties:
4 International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights
5 International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
6 Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families
7 Convention against Torture