Financially distressed, with debts of 836 thousand and 774 dirhams

Emirates Today and Dubai Courts launch an initiative to release 18 citizens

  • The campaign aims to relieve the distress of financially distressed citizens.

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"Emirates Today" and the Dubai Courts are launching a new humanitarian initiative to pay off the debts of 18 financially distressed citizens who are being prosecuted, as part of the "Yak Al-Awn" initiatives, which were adopted by the newspaper, Dubai Courts, and the Islamic Affairs and Charitable Activities Department in Dubai, during the past years.

The initiative targets 18 citizens who are being prosecuted, whose debts amount to 836 thousand and 774 dirhams. Studying their files and having them approved by the Dubai Courts Case Study Committee.

A judge in the Dubai Courts, Khaled Kansham, confirmed that the partnership between the “Charity Courts” initiative and “Emirates Today” contributes to giving defaulters an opportunity to return to their families and businesses, explaining that the “Yak Al-Awn” initiative was launched as part of the Charity Courts initiatives years ago, to enhance the concept of Social responsibility, developing the spirit of social solidarity, and strengthening the bonds of cooperation in society, individuals and institutions, by contributing to the payment of debts of insolvent people against whom court rulings were issued by Dubai courts.

The head of the "hotline" division in "Emirates Today", colleague Ahmed Al-Mazahmy, said, "The (Yaak Al-Awn) initiative is one of the pioneering national community initiatives in the UAE, because it contributes to helping citizens in the first place, especially the defaulters, and works to release the pursuers." Judicially, those who meet the terms and conditions of eligibility.

And he considered that «the initiative is a societal step that contributes to spreading the culture of donation among the groups of society, and translates the policy of leadership in humanitarian charitable work». The reins of government in the Emirate of Dubai, and this matter is an invitation to individuals and institutions operating in the country to join hands and contribute to such humanitarian community initiatives.

He added that «the newspaper is keen to be a major partner in supporting community initiatives that address the needs of the citizen, and the advancement of humanitarian charitable work, and is also keen to diversify its efforts in initiatives, to be cognitive, scientific, practical, material and developmental».

Pointing out that the new campaign seeks to release 18 citizens who are being prosecuted, and is the newspaper's first community initiative in the new year, expressing his confidence in the donors' response to the initiative for its success.

Difficult conditions

The head of the “Hotline” Division, colleague Ahmed Al-Mazahmy, stated that all the cases targeted by the campaign are defaulters and they have financial, not criminal, cases. Emirate of Dubai".

He called on all members of society, including donors and benefactors, to extend a helping hand to this segment of the financially distressed, and to assess the financial conditions that led to their stumbling, and made them prosecuted, pointing out that behind each of them is a human story that ended with him in prison, as a result of difficult circumstances that prevented the payment of obligations. claimed finances.