Yeah, Good Luck With That
First up is a a PR falsehood nearly as big as Saudi Arabia’s claim that it’s a democracy: UAE Passes Law Against Human Trafficking.
The UAE faces a multitude of logistical and cultural problems seen by many countries trying to stop trafficking.
Among these difficulties is the training of police officers from traditional societies to see prostitutes as victims or to deal sensitively with rape or abuse. Many times victims of trafficking are often caught and punished while traffickers escape.
Gargash contends that police are now being trained to investigate for the involvement of human trafficking webs in prostitution cases, stating that “women and children are often the victims in these cases and we want the police to have victim sensitivity.”
This is the kind of public relations that looks good in the headlines but with no foundation in reality. The UAE, along with other Islamic theocracies, value human life only when when it suits them. From extreme misogyny to the insane hatred of anything Jewish to the brainwashing of children so they hate all things Western, one can have a hard time believing there will actually be a cultural movement to stop punishing victims.
