Emirati businessman, Ahmed Al Menhali, (41 years old), confirmed that the Fairfields Hotel accused him in a recent press statement, “that he entered the hotel with suspicious behavior, so it was the duty of the employees to contact the police to take the necessary action,” pointing out that he contacted his lawyer to find out. The measures he will take against the hotel, and the judiciary is the deciding factor in the case.
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Moral damage The Emirates Society for Human Rights stressed the necessity of respecting human rights and preserving his dignity in all circumstances, affirming the right of Al-Menhali, who was morally harmed by the behavior of the Ohio Police, to sue the police for the moral damage he suffered, in addition to his right to hold this police accountable for violating standards and rules. International and domestic law is in doubt. Suspicious behaviour The Fairfields Hotel, one of the hotels in the international Marriott chain, published a press release in response to the reported incident, saying: “The strange behavior of a man who entered the hotel lobby worried the employees working at that time, which prompted them to contact the police, who responded to the report.” At the appropriate time, the hotel will not comment further on the case, as it has been referred to the competent authorities.” |
He added that the case will have more than one point, the first of which is that she wasted his time, made him wait until the police arrived, and that she filed a false report with incorrect information for fun.
Al-Menhali explained to Emirates Al-Youm that the hotel did not apologise, at the time when the mayor of Avon and the police chief visited him to apologize to him. Rather, the hotel confirmed that the mistake had occurred because he was “a suspicious person if he was wearing the Arab dress.”
He added that the hotel staff showed interest in helping him, and did not treat him as a “suspicious”, and the reservations manager tried to help him find a room, because they could not rent rooms for a month, even after he informed them that he was coming from the Emirates, to receive treatment at the Cleveland Medical Center.
He stressed in his response to the statement that he did not engage in any suspicious behavior, even after he addressed the receptionist who tried to help him find a suitable room for him and his wife, so that they could spend the remainder of their trip in it, adding that the employee pretended to be looking for a nearby hotel, and was very late, and in every Once he asked her about what she found, and she asked him to wait.
Al-Menhali explained that the employee was trying to delay him so he could stay in the hotel lobby, then she disappeared, and after a long period of waiting, he decided to go out to look for another hotel, and at that moment he saw police officers who shouted, “This is him,” and asked him not to move and throw away his phones.
Al-Menhali added that the police contacted the 22-year-old employee about the reason for her reporting to the police without verifying the information she had, and she responded that “she apologizes” to the police, but she did not express regret, because she put his life in danger at that moment when the police officers attacked him. They thought they belonged to the terrorist organization ISIS.
He stated that the UAE’s ambassador to the United States, Yousef Al Otaiba, contacted him directly to resolve the problem with the police, and this was the reason for the mayor of Avon’s apology and meeting with him to explain the error, adding, “I am happy with the apology from the police and city officials, and this is a good step in the right direction.”
In addition, the Emirates Society for Human Rights denounced the way and behavior in which the American Ohio police dealt with the Al-Menhali citizen, and the way they dealt with the hotel management’s report, which considered traditional Gulf dress and speaking Arabic as evidence of suspicion of terrorism, which sparked dissatisfaction with Emirati public opinion. Because all the citizens of the state feel insulted by the stigmatization of their national dress and language as terrorism, and thus each of them considers himself an object of suspicion and censorship, and perhaps he may be in the same position, and in the same situation as Al-Menhali. At any moment, the police are satisfied with evidence of dress and language as the basis and presumption of suspicion.
She said that she watched a recording of the Ohio Police raid, and how the police officers acted and behaved unjustified in handcuffing Al-Menhali.
The association stressed the right of all countries and peoples to protect their security, in the face of terrorism and other forms of crime, which have become the greatest danger facing humanity, stressing at the same time that the Emirati national dress is considered a source of pride and pride for all citizens, and is even considered one of the components of the national character, as it is cherished. All individuals are proud of it, and consider it an important and essential part of their culture, personality, and history. Therefore, harming it, belittling its status, or labeling it a terrorist is considered an insult and a violation of their dignity.
The association expressed its rejection of the Ohio Police relying on dress or language as a basis and presumption of suspicion, because such action means that every person, simply because of his dress or language, is considered a suspect, which represents racial discrimination and a violation of human rights principles, which reject discrimination between individuals on the basis of language or language. Race, religion or other forms of discrimination.
In addition, as long as Al-Menhali was in a normal, non-suspicious situation, the Ohio Police were supposed to deal with him in another way, to ascertain his identity, status, and other information, and not to attack and handcuff him in a humiliating manner.
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