The family of Dinchi Lar, a Nigerian lady who was jailed for one year in the United Arab Emirates, has said she was incarcerated for exposing the maltreatment of Nigerians at Dubai airports.

On August 31, Lar had taken to her Twitter page to share photos and videos of herself and other people she identified as Nigerians being detained at the Dubai international airport.

Reacting to the development, the Nigerians in Diaspora Commission, in a release by its Head of Media, Public Relations and Protocols Unit, Abdur-Rahman Balogun, said Lar was convicted under the UAE cybercrime law.

According to the commission, under the UAE cybercrime law, taking a video or photograph of someone without his/her consent and posting such on social media is an offence punishable with one-year jail term or a fine between approximately 69,000 dollars and 137,000 dollars, or both jail term and fine.