An education centre will be set up in Abu Dhabi to act as a preventive tool against antisocial behaviour and gaming addiction among the emirate’s youths.
President Sheikh Khalifa issued a law on Sunday to establish Abu Dhabi Community Legal Awareness Centre.
The centre, named Masouliya, meaning responsibility, will be managed by Abu Dhabi Judicial Department.
Judges will be granted powers to refer minor cyber-crime offenders to the centre for rehabilitation.
People could also voluntarily seek help from the centre to address problems such as gaming addiction.
Other antisocial behaviour the centre aims to tackle includes bullying, defamation and inciting violence.
Awareness programmes and meetings with young people and parents will also be part of a wide-ranging project to support the next generation and instil positive ethics and principles.
“Abu Dhabi Community Legal Awareness Centre will work as a preventive tool, with its top priority to ensure awareness among youth, parents and guardians about the legal consequences of antisocial or irresponsible behaviour, particularly on social media platforms and when gaming,” said Yousef Al Abery, undersecretary of the department.
Authorities in recent years sought to address reckless and offensive actions on social media platforms which tarnish Emirati culture.
This year, an Emirati influencer was ordered to pay Dh300,000 by the Criminal Court for using Emirati currency – a dirham – to burn incense.
When the video circulated online, influencer K K was accused of insulting the local currency.
In another case, an Emirati couple were summoned by Fujairah Police after a video was posted online showing them dancing at their engagement party.
The video was considered disrespectful to UAE traditions.
Unresolved crisis
Russia and Ukraine have been locked in a bitter conflict since 2014, when Ukraine’s Kremlin-friendly president was ousted, Moscow annexed Crimea and then backed a separatist insurgency in the east.
Fighting between the Russia-backed rebels and Ukrainian forces has killed more than 14,000 people. In 2015, France and Germany helped broker a peace deal, known as the Minsk agreements, that ended large-scale hostilities but failed to bring a political settlement of the conflict.
The Kremlin has repeatedly accused Kiev of sabotaging the deal, and Ukrainian officials in recent weeks said that implementing it in full would hurt Ukraine.
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