(MENAFN- Emirates News Agency (WAM)) Emirati citizens and residents welcomed UAE's commitment to preventing and eliminating all forms of intolerance and racial discrimination and refrain from race discrimination based on ethnicity, national origin or religion and to provide their residents with equal protection of all laws.
"The anti-discrimination law reflects the UAE leadership's commitment to establishing relations based on mutual respect between individuals and nations," Major General Khamis Mattar Al Mazeina, Dubai Police Chief, told The Gulf Today daily.
"The UAE has spared no effort when it comes to protecting human rights, especially the rights of those who live on its land, and this has made the UAE a home to more than 200 nationalities that live in consistency. The law protects people's ethnic, racial and religious differences, and preserves their freedoms, as well as makes them all equal in front of the law.
"Dubai Police are ready to implement all the provisions of law, using all its resources, human or technical, to protect people and reduce crime," Major General Al Mazeina said.
"The UAE's move to implement the anti-discriminatory and hatred law is an advanced civilised step to protect the rights and dignity of citizens and residents on its territory," Mohammad Salem Al Kaabi, Chairman of Emirates Human Rights Association, said.
"The developed countries implement these laws to combat discrimination and hatred to protect people from any verbal or intellectual abuse. Such a law is an urgent need for all countries, especially amid many messages of concern that incite racial hatred on social networking sites," Al Kaabi said.
"Today, while we see a phenomenon wherein many societies are marred by division, spread of conflicts, fighting and destruction of homelands due to outbreaks of racial or religious discrimination, the UAE has taken measures and decisions which safeguard against all negative factors that can lead to infighting and discrimination," says Mona Matar, an Emirati writer.
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