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The Ortelo Business Corporation (OBC) is one of the major Hunting companies operating in Tanzania. The Company is owned by the royal family of the UAE (United Arab Emirates), possessing hunting blocks in the area covering over 4,000 sq km. The hunters fly directly from the UAE to the area using huge cargo and passenger planes which land on an all-weather airstrip inside the OBC camp. The planes are loaded with sophisticated Hunting equipment, including four-wheel drive vehicles, weapons and communication gadgets. On their way back, the planes carry a variety of live animals, game trophies and meat.

The Guardian UK reports “The Sheikhs and their friends drive Japanese off-road vehicles at high speed through the bush and they shoot at the animals. No living thing, it appears, is safe, even in Tanzania, a country that sells itself to the ever-growing safari market as an eco-tourism destination, where “harassment of animals is avoided”. A district councillor in Ololosokwan, the nearest village to Arabiya, told me that OBC’s licence permits only five lions to be killed per season. But then, who’s counting? He cannot. The area is closed to journalists and NGOs, and the locals have been warned by the police that even to speak about OBC will get them into trouble. A request to OBC’s local agent for an interview was not answered. Discreetly, people in the villages tell us about “the Arabs” and their bizarre colonisation of Loliondo district.

The records of the case of the Delhi High Court would expose one of the worst violations of those human rights in an oil rich country. And that too, inspite of the judiciary of that very state, proclaiming the innocence of an Indian, who toiled in those desert lands, but had been tortured by a wily policeman, to leave the country, but without even a single Dirham from his many million savings of 18 years duration.

In short, the truth can be summed up as Extradition is possible only between ‘commendable’ states, that is, towards countries in which the minimum standards of the state of law are respected. If ignored it would be like the Aspidistra, a plant which requires no attention till it breaks its pot, and when done, it needs to be put in a fresh compost. The innocuous extradition treaty would crave attention only when it breaks human sensibilities.

A government which hesitate to observe even the basics of natural justice, a police department together with the public prosecution promoting extortion and an upper class society which ridiculously disobeys the Court verdicts, represent a totally uncivilized legal system, which prevails in United Arab Emirates.

INTRODUCTION
The UAE has more than two million camels and camel races are among the most popular sports events in the country. The camel races take place every winter, from October to April on various tracks throughout the UAE. His Highness Sheikh Zayed Bin Sultan Al Nahyan, along with other rulers of the emirates, attends most of the races.
Camel owners are continuously encouraged by Sheikh Zayed, which includes financial incentives, prizes that include luxury cars, four-wheel-drives, mansions, yachts, cash and gold sword. One of the major events, the Zayed Grand Prize camel races, is being held at Al Wathba race track, a large 10km track, about 45km from Abu Dhabi city. Major races are also held at the Nad Al Sheba Camel Race Course in Dubai.
The jockeys are usually young boys, two to seven year olds chosen for their light weight. The beginning of the races marks a festive season for the UAE’s people who are usually accompanied by traditional music and singing to the Arabian drum beats. The green, red, black and white national flag of the Emirates flutters atop high poles that line the [...]