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Dubai Tennis Championship Fined $300,000
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by TFleming | February 20, 2009 at 04:47 pm
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Earlier this week Israeli tennis player Shahar Peer was denied entry into the Dubai Tennis Championship due to problems with her Visa. On Friday the governing body of women's tennis (WTA) fined the Dubai Championship a record $300,000. A total of $44,250 will go to Peer which was the average prize money she earned per tournament in 2008.
“The actions taken today are intended to redress the wrongs suffered by Shahar Peer, who was victimised by an unjust policy of discrimination by the UAE,” said WTA chief Larry Scott.
“These actions are also intended to send a clear message that our Tour will not tolerate discrimination of any kind and that we will never allow this situation to happen again in the UAE or elsewhere,” he added in a statement.
She was contending for a place in the $2 million tournament but the United Arab Emirates denied her entry into the country.
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at 14:47 on February 24th, 2009
Interesting. I wonder why she was denied entry.
at 02:06 on March 1st, 2009
The UAE has always denied entry to Israeli's.
Similar to other Middle Eastern states, the UAE does not recognize Israel and does not allow Israelis into the country.
Similarly it can be problematic to enter the UAE as National of any country, should you have visited Israel and have an Israeli stamp in your passport.
So the tennis player wasn't targetted specifically.
at 02:08 on March 1st, 2009
aehm.. if you find the spelling mistakes, you may keep them :o
at 10:10 on March 8th, 2009
follow the link and u will know why she was denied entry. if she is against the steps taken by her country then she should leave her current citizenship as a protest and move to somwehre else or she will suffer the same fate inshaallah again http://www.haqeeqat.org/category/religious/