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[–] frongt@lemmy.zip 13 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (10 children)

Blogspam. Original: https://www.bhtp.com/blog/safest-places-to-travel/

The list of safest overall:

  1. Netherlands
  2. Australia
  3. Austria
  4. Iceland
  5. Canada
  6. New Zealand
  7. United Arab Emirates
  8. Switzerland
  9. Japan
  10. Ireland
  11. Belgium
  12. Portugal
  13. France
  14. United Kingdom
  15. Denmark

They have other lists in there too.

[–] PanGodofPanic@lemmy.blahaj.zone 38 points 4 days ago (1 children)

The UAE being on that list immediately screams that this list is horse shit, possibly specifically UAE funded.

[–] can@sh.itjust.works 7 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Despite being a proud Canadian this seems to be the only logical conclusion.

[–] Buffalox@lemmy.world 5 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (1 children)

Canada is way better than just 2 places better than UAE.
We had a woman recently jailed in UAE for months, because she was divorced here in Denmark as a Dane living in Denmark.
But her husband was a muslim, and filed a complaint in UAE while she was on holiday there. And she was arrested for being divorced!!!

Yes definitely very safe. 🤣🤣🤣

I have to puke every time I hear women or minorities praise Dubai or anything UAE. It's a shithole dictatorship kept in check with religious fanaticism. 🤢🤮

[–] can@sh.itjust.works 3 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Thank you for sharing your perspective. From mine I have never heard a good thing with regards to human rights from there. As a Canadian I want to emphasize we shouldn't be complacent, we have a lot of work to do. But we can still recognise how far we have come.

[–] Buffalox@lemmy.world 3 points 3 days ago

Even the best democracies seem to have some way to go regarding LGBT acceptance.
Her we are pretty good with the LGB but the T part is still somewhat problematic.
It's not like it's dangerous, but there is a lot of disrespect and lack of understanding.

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