Couple arrested over pregnancy
 

Engaged couple arrested in Dubai after surprise pregnancy - 9news.com.au

A South African man and his fiancée have spent almost two months behind bars in Dubai after authorities discovered the woman was pregnant.

Emlyn Culverwell‚ 29 from South Africa, and Iryna Nohai, 27 from the Ukraine were reportedly arrested in January 29 after they visited a doctor.

Ms Nohai was complaining of stomach cramps which were diagnosed to be the early stages of a pregnancy.

Before the couple could celebrate the doctor notified the authorities who arrested the pair for having sex before marriage.

Since their arrest Mr Culverwell's mother Linda and Ms Nohai's father Karl have been able to obtain little information about the fate of their children who are understood to be behind bars awaiting formal charges, News 24 reports.

Doctors are performing more tests on the 27-year-old to try and determine how long she has been sexually active.

"For heaven’s sake, how can they supposedly determine that?" Ms Culverwell said.

"I can imagine the hell she is going through. It must feel as if she is being raped by the authorities."

Times Live reports the couple appeared before a judge only once and were denied bail and state appointed legal representation.

The couple's parents said it feels like they are "hitting a brick wall" with the South African Government providing little help or advice other than to hire legal representation, the BBC reports.

Mr Culverwell's mother said she had contacted the Ukrainian embassy in hopes of granting the pair permission to be married in prison however the request was denied by a judge, Time Live reports.

© Nine Digital Pty Ltd

Holy sh!t, I thought Dubai had come a bit lenger in evolution than Saudi Arabia..

Serves as a good reminder and an eye opener to anyone who is planning to come over, to make sure they are up to date with at the least the basic workings of Sharia Law. I am not being facetious.

Oh my God what a double moral standard.
Most of us know what those who install these laws are doing when out of UAE....

Gearlever

Not even outside the UAE.

A casual visit to the Regal Plaza in Bur Dubai, York International and many other hotels in Dubai will reveal many a male engaged in amorous conversations with Eastern European ladies, Thursday's being the busiest I hear.

Of course, they're probably just using the opportunity to improve their Russian. What else could they possibly be doing?

Harry

Read some place, that Dubai is host to 25.000 nightfighters at any given time, and that those of Moroccan descent command the highest tariffs.

Been quite a few years since I paid a brief visit to The Cyclone; never before or since have I witnessed a meat market of such scale and diversity.

Wasn't there also something about the main source of revenue for Kish Air, flying young ladies to and from the island every 30 days to renew their visa?

Harry,

thx for your update. Haven't been there for years and not missing it to be honest.
Cheers

Shocking to hear that this nonsense are still going on.

They should realise when you live in a utopia of such high moral standings that this kind of thing is completely unacceptable. The locals are outraged!!!!!

Not to mention the Doc passing on confidential patient medical details , if that is indeed what happened .

Oh here comes all the anti-moslem crap again.

I despise the people who live in the U.K. and campaign for sharia law.

It's no different for westerners who move to an Arab country, pocket the Dirham then complain about the laws of the land.

If you live in Dubai you get sharia law.

There is a reason why Saudis call it "sin city"

Edit: It seems it happend in Abu Dhabi.

Plane and simple

Nobody here is knocking Sharia law. It's the hypocrisy that leaves a bad taste and seems somewhat unfair that a couple living together, trying to get medical assistance, are then banged up when there's plenty of other illegal 'banging' going on elsewhere.

If you're going to enforce a rule, do it regardless of nationality and apply it consistently across the board. Plane and simple!

Harry

Except they don't even follow their own rules.

Plain and simple, your name is the most appropriate on pprune. UAE hipocracy

So what? What's it got to do with you?
I break my own country's laws all the time. Don't you?

I don't understand why us westerners take their money and live in their country then slag off their laws.

Sure, why complain about some medieval law?
After all, when they come to Europe they never complain regarding our laws and traditions, right? They respect all of them all the time.

Such as driving through Knightsbridge. :}

Just to clarify. This happened in Abu Dhabi, not Dubai. The posted article from 9 News is written by an 18 year old 'online journalist' who skipped too many geography classes last year when he was in school.

They are out of jail...