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A fact from Human rights in Dubai appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 22 February 2008, and was viewed approximately 3,665 times (disclaimer) (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that many of the 250,000 foreign laborers in Dubai live in conditions described by Human Rights Watch as being "less than human"?

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Swiss Man Convicted for 3 Poppy Seeds

Update - I removed the section completely after finding no factual references to the incident actually happening. I also removed open ended time references such as 'most recently' or 'lately' which should never be used when referencing anything. Can anyone cite any *actual* evidence that this ever happened?? I can not find anywhere that can name this person or any details, it seems like a well referenced myth. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Sjoa (talk • contribs) 00:21, 17 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

A Swiss man was sentenced to four years in prison after three poppy seeds - from a bread roll purchased at a UK airport - were detected on his clothing at Dubai International Airport.

It's all over Google News, so I don't know how you missed it. The case was handled by the UK charity, Fair Trials International. As for the rest of your request, this may surprise you, but many people do not want their name in the news, so it's not surprising you couldn't find it. The information should be added back. Here is the original report: [1] Viriditas (talk) 04:16, 28 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

It occurs to me now, that the reason the British group didn't release his name is because they probably weren't authorized, as he was Swiss. The only names that were released were British, and they have reports of other foreigners with no names as well. Viriditas (talk) 06:33, 28 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

-- I should log in more often, the article you linked to does not provide anything more than unsubstantiated rumour! It is the same myth that you so accurately report as being "all over Google News"! Let me quote the actual text from the article you site as the source

"We even have reports of the imprisonment of a Swiss man for ‘possession’ of 3 poppy seeds on his clothing after he ate a bread roll at Heathrow."

Where are these reports? Who reported them? Most news sites reporting on this cite fairtrials as the source! This is just another example of a self supporting myth. There are no police reports or any actual evidence of this ever actually happening.

The claim should be removed unless it can be substantiated, even a little bit.

( I should also add, I don't doubt this could have happened and based on other verifiable examples in the article, it is not at all an unlikely scenario, that doesn't mean that any less effort should be put into verifying the facts than if it were a more dubious claim.) Sjoa (talk) 06:21, 17 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

U.S. Invasion

Perhaps the US should invade Dubai - after all that is what the US does to middle eastern countries that have bad human rights, right? Oh no, thats only middle eastern countries with bad human rights and vast quantities of oil.... Anyway we all know taht human rights get worse not better when the US ivnade to "fix human rights and liberate populations from tyranny..." —Preceding unsigned comment added by 192.43.227.18 (talk) 07:21, 22 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Please see WP:SOAP. Thanks AreJay (talk) 13:36, 24 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Destitute in Dubai

This is a report from the BBC about a man who is trapped in legal limbo in Dubai after a bank dispute. He had his passport confiscated, the job let him go, he now sleeps rough on the street because he cannot earn the money he allegedly owes the bank. If this is not an abuse of due process, I don't know what is!!

BTW on the subject of Dubai International, I went through there last year. From the hassle my wife and I got along with several other passengers, they like to pick on whitey! Where have you come from? Where are you going to? What have you brought in you hand luggage? Yet the Al-Queeda looking types just get waved on through. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.172.7.155 (talk) 15:55, 18 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Foreign Worker image caption

The image under "Foreign workers and labor rights" is labelled "Construction workers from Asia on top floor of the Angsana Tower". As the UAE is in the Asian continent, this caption seems as though it could be improved upon. Perhaps replace the word "Asia" with "India" or "the Indian Subcontinent"? 94.173.129.198 (talk) 21:40, 27 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]