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No (in the US). You'd have your visa revoked and be deported in a heartbeat, but you would not be charged or disappeared.
by bpodgursky 5y ago
No (in the US).
You'd have your visa revoked and be deported in a heartbeat, but you would not be charged or disappeared.
- asadlionpk 5y agodeported to guantanamo?
- kjs3 5y agoBy all means provide us with the name of any individual who was sent to Gitmo for a tweet.
- throwawayffffas 5y agoI am pretty sure in case they thought you were actually connected to actual terrorists you would be with a bag over your head and on your way to god knows where before you could say extraordinary rendition. The fact is countries detain people all the time for a variety of reasons. I am not saying it's right, it just is. In general it's a bad plan to put yourself in the hands of your opponents, especially if they are not very big on human rights and the rule of law. Hostage diplomacy is very much a thing[1]. In general though I would think for most westerners it would be rather safe to visit the UAE, I think it's fairly aligned to the west and unlikely to detain people just to make a fuss. [1] https://tnsr.org/2021/11/caught-between-giants-hostage-diplomacy-and-negotiation-strategy-for-middle-powers/ https://tnsr.org/2021/11/caught-between-giants-hostage-diplo...
- cycomanic 5y agoNo mind you the US disappeared people for much less, be it in Guantanamo or some of the black ops prison they had all over the place in "collaborating countries" after 9/11. There is a difference in scale and directness to this in UAE though.
- bpodgursky 5y agoUh no the US did not disappear people for "much less" than a tweet I'm by no means apologizing for unethical and illegal extraordinary renditions, which were unacceptable, but that is a ridiculous claim.