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| Subject: Boycott that UAE slave pen and be warned over tough injustice in stopover city Thu Sep 20, 2012 8:33 pm | |
| etween Qantas and Dubai-based Emirates airline, a Liberal MP warns.
Senator Helen Kroger says the British charity group Detained in Dubai has reported a number of arbitrary arrests in Dubai airport.
They include an Australian man detained for a number of months and two Canadians who were locked up for a month after they were found in possession of the arthritis drug Celebrex.
"It is because of these random events that I ... express concern about possible dangers for Qantas passengers transiting through Dubai, but unfortunately they do not stop at the airport," she told the Senate yesterday.
Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/travel/travel-news/emiratesqantas-deal-warning-over-tough-justice-in-stopover-city-20120920-26834.html#ixzz273m7VEyO
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