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Four Adult Male Witnesses     Dubai, United Arab Emirates Blaming the rape victim:  The United Arab Emirates' antiquated rape laws drew international condemnation after a Norwegian woman who reported being raped in Dubai was jailed for adultry.  Marte Deborah Dalelv, 24 went to police to report being raped by a co-worker.  She was promptly arrested, convicted of having extramarital sex and drinking alcohol, and sentenced to 16 months in prison–three months more than her attacher got on the same charges.  After the case came to the world's attention last week, Dubai authorities pardoned Dalelv–but also her attacher, and the country hasn't changed its laws.  A rape convinction in the UAE required a confession of the rapist or the testimony of four adult male witnesses. "The fight for human rights for all continues," said Norwegian Foreign Minister Espen Barth Eide. The Week, August 2013