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Mohammad Bin Rashid orders release of eight female prisoners
His Highness Shaikh Mohammad Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, ordered the release of eight female inmates from the women’s jail at Dubai Police’s Punitive and Correctional Establishments.
- WAM
- Published: 16:21 July 6, 2008
Dubai: His Highness Shaikh Mohammad Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, ordered the release of eight female inmates from the women's jail at Dubai Police's Punitive and Correctional Establishments.
Major General Khamis Mattar Al Mazeina, Acting Chief of Dubai Police, said Shaikh Mohammad's gesture comes as part of his many humanitarian gestures.
He said the pardoned inmates have been spending their jail terms with their children.
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