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UAE Legal Overhaul Could Decriminalize Alcohol, Cohabitation

  • Government amends personal status law and criminal code
  • Changes decriminalize ‘actions that don’t harm others’

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The United Arab Emirates plans to decriminalize “actions that don’t harm others,” potentially ending punishments for alcohol consumption or cohabitation by unwed couples in the expatriate-dominated country.