QATAR HAS DECIDED TO CONVICT A
DUTCH WOMAN WHO WAS THERE
ON HOLIDAY AFTER THE 22-YEAR-OLD
WAS SLIPPED A ROOFIE IN HER
DRINK AND SHE WAS RAPED.
AFTER SHE WENT TALK TO THE
AUTHORITIES, THE FIRST
THING THEY DID WAS PUNISH HER
FOR HAVING SEX OUTSIDE OF
HER MARRIAGE.
KEEP IN MIND THIS IS A DUTCH
WOMAN IN QATAR ON VACATION
AND SHE HAS TO ABIDE BY THE SAME
RIDICULOUS RELIGIOUS RULES
THAT ARE IN THE COUNTRY.
RIGHT NOW SHE CAN'T LEAVE THE
COUNTRY BECAUSE THEY WILL
NOT ALLOW HER TO LEAVE
UNTIL SHE PAYS THE FINE.
REPRESENTATIVES FROM HER OWN
COUNTRY ARE FIGHTING TO GET
HER OUT OF THERE AS
SOON AS POSSIBLE.
NOW 
HERE'S THE THING, WHY WOULD
A DUTCH WOMAN GO TO THE
AUTHORITIES AND TELL SOMEONE
SHE HAS BEEN RAPED WHILE ON
VACATION AND LIE ABOUT IT?
I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY SOMEONE
WOULD DO THAT, ESPECIALLY
IN A COUNTRY LIKE QATAR.
>> THIS SIMPLE TAKE AWAY FOR ME
WAS IF I GO TO QATAR AND I
AM RAPED, DON'T REPORTED TO THE
AUTHORITIES BECAUSE I WILL
BE PUNISHED TOO.
WHAT A HORRIFIC
THING TO SAY OUT LOUD.
ALL YOU WANT IS JUSTICE.
CAN YOU IMAGINE THE COURAGE IT
TAKES FOR HER OR ANY VICTIM
TO COME FORWARD, AND FOR HER
TO DO THIS IN A FOREIGN
COUNTRY, AND THEN ALSO DEALING
WITH THE GRIEF THAT SHE
MUST BE DEALING WITH FROM
THE INCIDENT ITSELF?
I CANNOT IMAGINE WHAT SHE MUST
STILL BE GOING THROUGH.
>>I AM GOING TO BE A DEVILS
ADVOCATE ON THIS.
IN QATAR AND A LOT OF THESE
MIDDLE EASTERN COUNTRIES
THEY HAVE EXTREMELY STRICT LAWS.
WHEN YOU GO INTO THAT TERRITORY
[VIDEO BUFFERING] I 
HAVE
BEEN TO DUBAI, AND
DUBAI IS THE SAME WAY.
IF YOU ARE NOT MARRIED, YOU
CAN'T HOLD THAT PERSON'S HAND.
WHEN YOU ARE IN THESE COUNTRIES,
I STOPPED BEING SHOCKED AT
THE LAWS.
YOU HAVE TO JUST
UNDERSTAND THAT THAT IS THE LAW.
I HAD A FRIEND THAT WAS
DETAINED IN THE UAE BECAUSE OF
ANOTHER SITUATION.
HE WAS DETAINED FOR
SIX OR SEVEN MONTHS.
THESE ARE THE LAWS OF
THESE COUNTRIES.
WHEN YOU GO TO THESE COUNTRIES ñ
IT'S THE SAME WHEN YOU GO
TO SINGAPORE, YOU CAN CHEW
GUM ON THE STREET.
IT SOUNDS RIDICULOUS.
BUT YOU HAVE TO UNDERSTAND WHEN
YOU'RE IN THESE COUNTRIES ñ
OBVIOUSLY SHE WOKE UP SOMEWHERE
WHERE SHE DIDN'T KNOW WHERE
SHE WAS SO HER FIRST THOUGHT
WAS TO GO AND REPORTED.
I'M NOT SAYING SHE NEEDS TO READ
THE LAW BOOK, BUT WE CAN
SIT HERE AND LOOK AT IT AND SAY
WE ARE REALLY MAD ABOUT
WHAT IS GOING ON.
I SAY THAT BECAUSE I WAS
DETAINED IN AUSTRIA.
I CALLED MY LAWYERS HERE AND
THEY SAID YOU DO REALIZE
YOU ARE NOT IN THE
UNITED STATES.
>> WHAT DID YOU DO?
>> I WAS IMPEDING ON AN
INVESTIGATION THAT WAS
GOING ON WITH A CLIENT I
WAS WORKING WITH.
I JUST KEPT ASKING FOR PAPERWORK
AND SAYING YOU NEED A
WARRANT FOR THIS OR THAT.
I WAS JUST GOING OFF THE TOP OF
MY HEAD TRYING TO STALL
BECAUSE I KNEW SOMETHING HAD
HAPPENED, BUT I WAS TRYING
TO GET OUT OF THE SITUATION.
THEY ASKED ME TO COME DOWN TO
THE STATION AND I SAT THERE
FOR A FEW HOURS.
>> I THINK YOU MAKE A GOOD POINT
WHERE IF YOU GO TO CERTAIN
COUNTRIES YOU SHOULD UNDERSTAND
THAT THEY ARE GOING TO BE
DIFFERENT FROM OUR OWN COUNTRY.
THEIR CULTURE WILL BE DIFFERENT,
THEIR LOSS, AND THE WAY
THAT THEY REACT ARE DIFFERENT.
AT THE SAME TIME, YOU DON'T HAVE
TO RESPECT THEIR LAWS OR
LIKE THEM.
THE WAY YOU CAN DISRESPECT THEIR
LAWS IS BY NOT GIVING THEM
ANY OF YOUR HARD-EARNED MONEY BY
TRAVELING THEREFORE VACATION.
I'M SORRY, I KNOW THAT THERE
ARE LOTS OF PEOPLE THAT SAY
DUBAI IS AWESOME.
FUCK THAT.
I HAVE NO INTEREST IN
DUBAI, THE UAE, OR QATAR.
THE MAIN REASON WHY IS BECAUSE
OF THEIR HUMAN RIGHTS ISSUES.
I HAVE MY MAN, IF I'M GOING TO
VACATION WITH HIM, I LOVE PDA.
NO ONE IS GOING TO TELL ME ON
VACATION THAT I CAN'T DO PDA.
FUCK OFF.
I'M TRYING TO SAY, UNDERSTAND
HOW THEY TREAT PEOPLE THERE
AND AVOID GOING THERE.
DON'T BE ATTRACTED TO THEIR
SHINY BUILDINGS.
WE HAVE SHINY BUILDINGS AS WELL.
GO TO OTHER PLACES WHERE YOU ARE
NOW GOING TO HAVE TO WORRY
ABOUT YOUR FREEDOM
BEING VIOLATED.
