There possibly isn't a much worse aspect to a holiday than being arrested for a crime you didn't even know you were committing. But if you fail to look up the laws of a country you are travelling to - as 63% of people reportedly do - this could be a reality. While most of us understand and abide by the laws set in our own countries, rules and regulations differ hugely across the planet based on a number of factors like religion, society and much more.
This is why it is so important to make sure you are up to date with the laws of your next holiday destination, because according to Cosmopolitan , they really might not be what you expect. Here are a few: Under the UAE's stringent and little known cyber-crime laws, it is against the law to post defamatory social media comments and is punishable by both fines and jail time. In 2019, a British woman faced a potential two-year prison sentence in Dubai after calling her ex-husband's new wife a "horse" on Facebook , reports campaign group Detained in Dubai.
In 2016, Laleh Shahravesh, who previously resided in the UAE but moved to the UK, upon seeing photos of her ex-husband with his new wife, Laleh angrily commented, "I hope you go under the ground you idiot. Damn you. You left me for this horse.
" Although the comment was made while she was in the UK, she was arrested when visiting the country later to attend her ex-husband's funeral with their 14-year-old daughter. She faced up to two years in prison and a £50,000 fine but was late.
