Appealing to the humanitarian in all of you

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I'm sorry to bother you but I really need your help.

If you would only take a few minutes to read the below and sign the petition at the below link. This unfortunately affects my friends mum and scarily could happen to anyone.

Afsana, a British citizen and former civil servant, went to live in Dubai in 2010 with her French husband. After the birth of their son in April that year, she was subjected to serious physical and mental abuse. She finally fled with her baby in April 2011.

All attempts in reporting these assaults and abuse were ignored. Instead she is now facing a series of cases that her now ex-husband has instigated - designed to mire her in the UAE judicial system and have her deported. The husband hid the son's passport, implemented a travel ban, (so that she can never leave the country with her child), had the police confiscate her passport and constantly made false allegations to Dubai police about her.

Afsana has broken no laws and is currently on trial on a charge of 'kidnapping' her son, awaiting judgment 13th February 2014. If convicted, she could be deported and lose her son.

He was snatched from her arms in October 2013 by the ex-husband who it transpired was awarded legal custody (in October 2012) in her absence. Afsana has not seen her son since that day. She has suffered enormously over the last 3 years and needs urgent help.

We ask the British Government to make urgent representations to the Dubai Government in having all cases against Afsana dropped, overturning the current custody order and have her passport returned, allowing both mother and child to return to the UK.

Please sign the petition

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Any help that you can provide by retweeting, sharing or generating additional public interest would be much appreciated. The verdict was announced today found guilty and sentenced to one months suspended sentence, so we really need to urge the government to intervene. Anything you can do would mean the world to us.

Please help make a significant difference to this woman's life.

Thanks for reading.

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