maclatunji: The Emiratis have a funny way of enforcing the law. Personally, I believe they rely on "loopholes" in their constitution. That is what you get when you don't apply the sharia and seek to modify it to your tastes.

On the paradise island of Maldives, where tourists delight in beaches, sex, and rose petal bungalow beds with breathtaking views, a 15 year-old girl was arrested after years of sexual abuse Police discovered a dead newborn buried in an outdoor shower. The girl’s stepfather had been raping her for years. Her mother ignored the cries of her daugthter. When the girl became pregnant as a result of rape, they pulled her out of school and waited out the nine months, then killed and buried the newborn after delivery. The stepfather was arrested and charged with pre-meditated murder, child sexual abuse of and possession of pornographic materials. The mother, also arrested faces charges for concealing the alleged sexual offenses.
While most would assume the 15-year old girl would be put into child protective custody and receive immediate counseling and support, the girl was arrested, interrogated and charged with fornication. Authorities claimed during her 'interrogation', she confessed to having consensual sex with another man. She was sentenced to a pucblc flogging of 100 lashes and eight months of house arrest. The identity of this other man, or whether he was charged, is not known. And it might not matter.

In Maldvian Sharia-Common Law, in cases of fornication, 90 percent of those flogged, are women.

U.N. Human Rights Chief, Navi Pillay called for a moratorium on corporal punishment.
“This practice constitutes one of the most inhumane and degrading forms of violence against women, and should have no place in the legal framework of a democratic country,” said Pillay.
Pillay’s statement of concern was met with outrage from the opposition and religious Adhaalath party, giving rise to protests and demonstrations. The Foreign Ministry itself dismissed the calls for discussion on the issue, stating:
“There is nothing to debate about in a matter clearly stated in the religion of Islam. No one can argue with God.”

On October 30, 2008, the United Nations condemned the stoning to death of Aisha Duhulowa, a 13-year-old girl who had been gang-raped and then sentenced to death by a Sharia court for fornication (Zina). She was screaming and begging for mercy, but when some family members attempted to intervene, shots were fired by the Islamic militia and a baby was killed. This happens in Sharia courts of other countries also. The village Sharia courts in Bangladesh, although illegal, regularly punish raped minor girls and women by flogging and beating them with shoes. In Pakistan similar cases of punishing raped women are Mina v. the State, Bibi v. the State and Bahadur v. the State. In Pakistan similar cases of punishing raped women are Mina v. the State, Bibi v. the State and Bahadur v. the State. Sharia courts in Pakistan have punished many thousands of raped women by long term imprisonment. It became so chronic that raped women stopped reporting to police.

How to prove rape under sharia: Muslim jurists will only accept four male witnesses. These witnesses must declare that they have "seen the parties in the very act of carnal conjunction." Once an accusation of fornication and adultery has been made, the accuser himself or herself risks punishment if he or she does not furnish the necessary legal proofs. Witnesses are in the same situation. If a man were to break into a woman's dormitory and rape half a dozen women, he would risk nothing since there would be no male witnesses. Indeed the victim of a rape would hesitate before going in front of the law, since she would risk being condemned herself and have little chance of obtaining justice. "If the woman's words were sufficient in such cases," explains Judge Zharoor ul Haq of Pakistan, "then no man would be safe."

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DUBAI, United Arab Emirates -- A Norwegian woman sentenced to 16 months in jail in Dubai for having sex outside marriage after she reported an alleged rape said Friday she decided to speak out in hopes of drawing attention to the risks of outsiders misunderstanding the Islamic-influenced legal codes in this cosmopolitan city.

The case has drawn outrage from rights groups and others in the West since the 24-year-old interior designer was sentenced Wednesday. It also highlights the increasingly frequent tensions between the United Arab Emirates' international atmosphere and its legal system, which is strongly influenced by Islamic traditions in a nation where foreign workers and visitors greatly outnumber locals.

"I have to spread the word. ... After my sentence we thought, `How can it get worse?'" Marte Deborah Dalelv told The Associated Press in an interview at a Norwegian aid compound in Dubai where she is preparing her appeal scheduled for early September.

Dalelv, who worked for an interior design firm in Qatar since 2011, claims she was sexually assaulted by a co-worker in March while she was attending a business meeting in Dubai.

She said she fled to the hotel lobby and asked for the police to be called. The hotel staff asked if she was sure she wanted to involve the police, Dalelv said.

"Of course I want to call the police," she said. "That is the natural reaction where I am from."

Dalelv said she was given a medical examination seeking evidence of the alleged rape and underwent a blood test for alcohol. Such tests are commonly given in the UAE for alleged assaults and in other cases. Alcohol is sold widely across Dubai, but public intoxication can bring charges.

The AP does not identity the names of alleged sexual assault victims, but Dalelv went public voluntarily to talk to media.

Dalelv was detained for four days after being accused of having sex outside marriage, which is outlawed in the UAE although the law is not actively enforced for tourists as well as hundreds of thousands of Westerners and others on resident visas.

She managed to reach her stepfather in Norway after being loaned a phone card by another woman in custody.

"My stepdad, he answered the phone, so I said, that I had been raped, I am in prison ... please call the embassy," she recounted.

"And then I went back and I ... just had a breakdown," she continued. "It was very emotional, to call my dad and tell him what happened."

Norwegian diplomats later secured her release and she has been allowed to remain at the Norwegian Seamen's Center in central Dubai. She said her alleged attacker received a 13-month sentence for out-of-wedlock sex and alcohol consumption.

Dubai authorities did not respond to calls for comment, but the case has brought strong criticism from Norwegian officials and activists.

"This verdict flies in the face of our notion of justice," Norway's foreign minister, Espen Barth Eide, told the NTB news agency, calling it "highly problematic from a human rights perspective."

Previous cases in the UAE have raised similar questions, with alleged sexual assault victims facing charges for sex-related offenses. Other legal codes also have been criticized for being at odds with the Western-style openness promoted by Dubai.

On Thursday, Dubai police said they arrested a man who posted an Internet video of an Emirati beating a South Asian van driver after an apparent traffic altercation. Police said they took the action because images of a potential crime were "shared."

In London, a spokesman for the Emirates Center for Human Rights, a group monitoring UAE affairs, said the Dalelv case points out the need for the UAE to expand its legal protections for alleged rape victims.

"We urge authorities to reform the laws governing incidents of rape in the country," said Rori Donaghy, "to ensure women are protected against sexual violence and do not become the targets of prosecution when reporting crimes."

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LastApostle:
It is called international politics and diplomatic row.

President Obama snubbed Nigeria inspite of her enormous resources and economic integration in the sub Sahara Africa and globally.

President Jonathan heads to China, the second largest economy and the globally accepted alternative to the Americans to tie bi-lateral cooperation and economic integration.

President Jonathan want the Americans (the Obamas) to witness this landmark achievement with the Chinese just to spite them politically.

CNN understanding the diplomatic row between both government decided not to air the sponsored programme.

Sincere 9gerian: No matter the emotion or sentiments, I cannot compare KNOWN with unknown or estimates.

When the contract for the Lagos-Abidjan is awarded, then we can compare the COST, design and scope of work.

The federal government has attracted over $25 billion in investment, including the $20 billion Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed between Power China and the Ministry of Power to generate for Nigeria 20,000 megawatts of electricity, following President Goodluck Jonathan's trade mission to China last week.

According to Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment, Mr. Olusegun Aganga, during the visit, Bauchi State signed MoU with China Machinery Engineering Corporation (CMEC) for the provision of 120 megawatts of electricity at an estimated cost of $260 million.

However, Aganga, at the weekend, in China, described the deal with Power China as most ambitious, noting that it was the highest power agreement the federal government signed with any international firms, adding that government had earlier had similar deals with General Electric, Electrobras of Brazil and Siemens.

"If you compare that (to earlier agreements) that is the biggest MoU we have signed on power. And I must say that Power China is the largest power company in China and a major player in the power sector. If you look at that and complement it with the fact that we signed a 10,000 megawatts agreement with General Electric; with Electrobras in Brazil and with Siemens, you can see that the future...it won't take too long for us to address the issue of power," he said.

During the visit, First Bank of Nigeria Plc also signed an agreement with China Development Bank for the provision of $100 million facility meant to be dispensed as loans to Small and Medium Scale Enterprises (SMEs) in Nigeria. Aganga described the loan as very important because SMEs is the powerhouse of any economy, including that of Nigeria.

"SME is a major economic drive, especially in a developing country like Nigeria. Today we have about 17 million SMEs in our country, employing close to 32 million people. So when we talk about job creation, the real sector to focus on is SME. That $100 million is made available through First Bank," he added.

Other MoU signed include those between Ladol and China Offshore Oil Engineering Corporation (COOEC) to develop a dry dock facility in Lagos and Bayelsa States and between China Great Wall and a Nigerian company for the manufacturing of transformers in Nigeria in addition to the agreement signed between the Ministry of Aviation with China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation (CCECC) for the construction of four international terminals at the four major airports in Nigeria.
Besides these agreements, Aganga said there were other discussions that the federal government had with investors that did not lead to the signing of MoU, adding: "But there was a clear understanding and MoU will be signed very soon. One of such is with Seco and Pacific Energy. Pacific Energy is the largest in terms of coal to power and you would know that in China most of the sources of their power is coal.

"They are also committed to working with us to generate power from coal and their commitment is to generate 5,000 megawatts of power at the cost of, in today's terms, about N5 billion. They are also planning to set up their regional office in Abuja." The minister explained that the mission to China accomplished things for Nigeria in three areas: politics, diplomacy and economic.

"There is the political angle; there is the diplomatic angle and the economic angle, which is about investment. The engagement was at the highest level. It is very, very important that the engagement was at the presidential level. Of course, the first major item was the bilateral discussion and the signing of about five agreements with the Chinese government. The bilateral discussion covered a lot of diplomatic, economic and political issues," he added.

Aganga described the China mission as the most successful because of the large turnout of investors who were willing to come and do business in Nigeria, adding that Chinese companies already doing business in Nigeria travelled to China to meet with Jonathan, including CCECC which already has 10 projects in Nigeria worth $10 billion. Meanwhile, the Conference of Nigerian Political Parties (CNPP) has advised the federal government against being unduly hasty or desperate in the country's rapprochement with China.

The group in a statement by its National Publicity Secretary, Mr Osita Okecukwu, said although it welcomed Jonathan's increased drive to partner China, adequate caution should be exercised to checkmate the Chinese quest for neo-colonialism in Africa.

"It is the candid view of the CNPP that the history of colonialism has not changed and that every colonial master whether British, American or Chinese attach strings to aids and hence fuel her domestic economic growth.

"Accordingly, President Jonathan should be cautious, less hasty or desperate in the rapprochement with the Chinese; especially now that President Barak Obama seems to have not extended olive branch to his regime, " it said.

CNPP added that it was pertinent that Nigeria's foreign policy objective should be structured for the long-term and not short-term goals, while the nation remains introspective in the utilisation of its natural resources.

Sincere 9gerian: The exact cost of the Lagos-Abidjan road has not been determined. So the comparison for now is baseless. When the cost and design of the project is determined, then we can make sensible comparison

"The Abidjan-Lagos highway development project may cost up to $2bn."

“Until the design has been done properly, we cannot come up with a tangible figure, but cost estimates we are looking at $1bn to $2bn within that bracket in order to fund this project.”

all4naija: Who cares about an American attention-seeking loser?

MRbrownJAY: ^^^bro, yes you certainly have to be careful about these issues, as them BH boys dont joke......but then again, if there is nothing in the 9ja law against such mags then you dont have much to worry about (apart from BH bombing your office location).
as for the outcry of the northeners, simply dont disclose the babe's name or origin, et voila!

MRbrownJAY: the secret to success is if the gals are all home based Nigerians, and not some fake looking latin/white broad. i doubt it would be hard to find ladies who want to pose, the hard part would be to find FINE AAASSSS women who CAN pose in a sexy manner.

sadly, thanks to the internet,these pics can be viewed online for FREE.......... so launching such a mag would be a gamble, and very difficult to make it profitable if what you are bringing to the table is only half nekkid babes. you need something EXTRA, something different, something fun!

maybe if you have some of the Nolly biatches half nekkid in your magazine, then you may have a following....or have high prizes for the best poser from each 9ja university. as you can see from the BBA, there are many freaks out there, you just need to throw the right bone at these gals, for them to come out of their shell!

armyofone: Yeah, POTUS can just go filing fed charges because he is in Nigeria eh?

smh at this laughable thread