And what I hope to show is that unpicking dodgy claims, unpicking the evidence behind dodgy claims, isn't a kind of nasty carping activity it's socially useful, but it's also an extremely valuable explanatory tool.

So let me tell you what aroused such irate responses, and I'll let you decide if whether they the claims are really that outrageous.

Luckily, some of them have been documented by netizens and found their way to the world wide web, showing the world impeccable human rights record and false allegations the government is talking about.

The UAE has dropped charges against Scott Richards, a British Australian national living and working in Dubai, for sharing on Facebook a link to a charity raising funds for refugees in Afghanistan.