A Norwegian woman says she is shocked over being jailed in Dubai after she reported she had been raped.
A WOMAN who was jailed in Dubai for having sex outside marriage after she reported an alleged rape has been pardoned after an outcry.
Interior designer Marte Deborah Dalelv, of Norway, was on a business trip in Dubai in the United Arab Emirates when she says she was raped in March.
Woman raped on business trip jailed for extramarital sex
Marte Deborah Dalelv told Associated Press she was given back her passport by the public prosecutor's office today and that her 16-month sentence for having sex outside marriage had been dropped.
Marte Deborah Dalelv from Norway, 24, talks to the Associated Press reporter in Dubai.(AP Photo/Kamran Jebreili) Source: AP
She reported the attack to the police, but found herself charged with having extramarital sex, drinking alcohol and perjury.
The case angered human rights groups and authorities in Norway.
Norwegian businesswoman Marte Deborah Dalelv, 24 was sentenced in Dubai to 16 months in prison for extramarital sex after she reported being raped. AFP PHOTO /HANDOUT/ FACEBOOK/ SCANPIX NORWAY Source: AFP
Dalelv, who has been living at the Norwegian Seamen's Church in Dubai during her trial, immediately filed an appeal against the verdict to avoid being jailed in the Gulf state. Today, after her story became public, she was informed that she had been pardoned.
"Marte (Dalelv) is released! Thanks to everyone who signed up to help,'' Espen Barth Eide wrote on Twitter.
A spokeswoman for the Norwegian foreign ministry told AFP that Dalelv had been pardoned by Dubai ruler Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum.
"She hasn't been deported, she has been pardoned. She can remain in Dubai if she wishes. Her passport has been returned to her,'' foreign ministry spokeswoman Ragnhild Imerslund said.
"She will travel home shortly,'' she added.
"Marte has been given her passport back and can leave the country. It is not decided when she will travel," Norwegian ambassador to the United Arab Emirates Åse Bjerke, told the NTB news agency.
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