Anti-rumor law tightens its punishment
Youssef Al-Sharif: Imprisonment and a fine of 4 million dirhams is a penalty for electronic promotion of terrorism
Youssef Al Sharif: “The UAE is a country of love and tolerance, and its religion is a religion of moderation and coexistence;
Therefore, there is no life for any fanaticism or extremism.”
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Legal Adviser Dr. Youssef Al-Sharif stressed that the UAE is a country of love and tolerance, and its religion is a religion of moderation and coexistence.
Therefore, there is no life for any fanaticism or extremism of any kind, whether intellectual or ideological, or even because of gender or language. Intolerance is ignorance and extremism is a deviation from common sense and terror for souls and minds, and an invitation to backwardness and fanaticism that we must reject. “Leave it, for it is rotten.”
In one of the episodes published by "Emirates Today" through its platforms to raise awareness of the newly issued laws, Al-Sharif said that Decree Law No. 34/2021 regarding combating rumors and cybercrime came in Article 21, penalizing the creation, management or supervision of a website or publishing information or data on A computer network or information technology means for the benefit of a terrorist group, group, association, organization, or illegal body for a terrorist purpose, and the penalty for that is temporary imprisonment for a period of no less than 10 years and not more than 25 years, and a fine of no less than two million dirhams and not more than four Millions of dirhams.
Al-Sharif stressed that these acts are crimes against state security, security and social peace in the country, so there are other consequential penalties such as confiscation of crime tools, ordering the convict to be placed under electronic surveillance or depriving him of using any information network, and closing the offending site, other than the possibility of passing any penalty More severe may be contained in another law, according to the gravity of the act or the gravity of the effects of the crime, at the discretion of the court.
He added, "What we have witnessed during the past decade of extremist groups infiltrating the minds of young people in terms of religion, which among them is innocent, and spreading destructive ideas through suspicious sites, warrants all caution against drifting to such groups and prejudices that exploit religion out of ignorance and sophistry that is only useless. the damage".
He stressed that “the state provides all channels of enlightenment and sound thought, and regulates the establishment of associations according to laws that guarantee their oversight and the safety of their goals and objectives. He resides there without discrimination based on religion, gender or language.
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