An Israeli woman has been sentenced to death by an Emirati court after police found half a kilogram of cocaine in her home.
Fidaa Kiwan, a photographer from Haifa, moved to Dubai in March 2021 and was arrested shortly after her arrival.
According to Ynet, she claimed that the drugs that the police found in her residence were not hers and is planning to appeal the death sentence with the help of her local lawyer.
Although the UAE has several offenses on the books that allow judges to hand out the death penalty, capital punishment is rarely performed in the Gulf state, with the last known executions taking place in 2014 for individuals convicted of murder.
