How many of the folks posting in this thread acutally live in Dubai????
And to say that the same doesn't go on in places in Western Europe and the US is laughable. The US exploit mexican workers.... never! Eastern Europeans sold into the sex slave industry in the UK never!!
Dubai ain't great has many problems and could do with sharpening up on human rights of that there is no doubt.... but last time I checked they hadn't killed thousands of innocent civilians in unjustified wars in parts of the world most US and European citizens don't even visit.... it is all a question of perspective.... some of these articles on Dubai totally lack perspective.
One could say best to get your own shop in order before us folks in the western world start preaching about how others run their affairs.
P.S. yeah the corporates out here are lying gits... but so are managments all over the world. Ryanair ain't exactly done much for pilot T&Cs etc.