About 20 jailed foreign businessmen have gone on hunger strike in Dubai to protest against lengthy sentences for writing cheques that bounced, a criminal offence in the United Arab Emirates.
“I’ve exhausted every avenue that I can see,” Peter Margetts, 48, a former property developer, told the Financial Times on a prison pay phone.
“I’ve exhausted the legal system, the lawyers have their hands tied here and they’re not going to rock the boat.”
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