{"id":9275,"date":"2017-03-08T16:18:23","date_gmt":"2017-03-08T16:18:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/freeonlinetranslators.net\/news\/english\/couple-detained-in-uae-for-sex-outside-marriage\/"},"modified":"2017-03-08T16:18:23","modified_gmt":"2017-03-08T16:18:23","slug":"couple-detained-in-uae-for-sex-outside-marriage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/freeonlinetranslators.net\/news\/english\/couple-detained-in-uae-for-sex-outside-marriage\/","title":{"rendered":"Couple &#8216;detained in UAE for sex outside marriage&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure>                                  <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"A picture showing Emlyn Culverwell and his Ukrainian fiancee, Iryna Nohai\" src=\"http:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/320\/cpsprodpb\/17DEC\/production\/_95027779_emlyn-nohai.jpg\"\/>Image copyright                  Culverwell family<figcaption>Image caption                                      Emlyn Culverwell and his fiancee Iryna Nohai met while working in the UAE                              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"caps\">A South African man and his Ukrainian fiancee have been detained in the United Arab Emirates for unlawful sex, a relative says.<\/p>\n<p>Emlyn Culverwell\u201a 29, and Iryna Nohai, 27, were reportedly arrested after a doctor discovered Ms Nohai, who had stomach cramps, was pregnant.<\/p>\n<p>They were arrested for sex outside of marriage, which is illegal in the UAE.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Culverwell&#039;s mother has pleaded for their release, saying &quot;the only thing they did wrong was fall in love.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>South Africa&#039;s foreign ministry has said that it is not able to help the couple as this is a matter of domestic UAE law, News24 reports.<\/p>\n<p>The South African government has advised the couple to get legal assistance, the BBC&#039;s Pumza Fihlani in Johannesburg says. <\/p>\n<p>There was no immediate comment from the UAE government.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Africa Live:  Updates on this and more stories<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Mr Culverwell and Ms Nohai have reportedly been held since January, but news of their detention has only emerged now.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Culverwell has been working in the UAE for the past five years. <\/p>\n<p>His mother Linda told News24 that the family is &quot;trying to get messages to the two to say we love them and that they shouldn&#039;t be worried&quot;.<\/p>\n<p>The couple have not yet been charged as the authorities are still carrying out tests, Mrs Culverwell added.<\/p>\n<p>If found guilty, they could face a long jail sentence.<\/p>\n<p><a rel='nofollow' href=http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/world-africa-39208946 target=\"_blank\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Image copyright Culverwell familyImage caption Emlyn Culverwell and his fiancee Iryna Nohai met while working in the UAE A South African man and his Ukrainian fiancee have been detained in<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":9276,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9275","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-english"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/freeonlinetranslators.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9275","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/freeonlinetranslators.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/freeonlinetranslators.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/freeonlinetranslators.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/freeonlinetranslators.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9275"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/freeonlinetranslators.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9275\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/freeonlinetranslators.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9276"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/freeonlinetranslators.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9275"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/freeonlinetranslators.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9275"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/freeonlinetranslators.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9275"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}