DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Dubai's public prosecutor says all charges have been dropped in a high-profile dispute that landed an Indian man in jail for posting Internet video of an apparent road rage beating.
Dubai frees man jailed for Internet post of roadway beating
July 28, 2013 at 12:20PM
The arrest brought a spotlight on the United Arab Emirates' laws defining the limits of the public domain and citizen journalism.
Sunday's statement from Dubai's chief prosecutor, Eissa al-Humaidan, says the case was closed after all sides withdrew their complaints.
The Indian man was arrested earlier this month on charges of "sharing" possible evidence of a criminal act. But pressure also came from the family of the Emirati man shown striking a South Asian driver in a roadway dispute.
The family complained the Internet video defamed their relative.
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