N.Y. student freed after being sentenced to Dubai prison for 'gently' touching airport guard

N.Y. student freed after being sentenced to Dubai prison for 'gently' touching airport guard

A legal advocacy group said in a press release that she had been falsely accused after facing 'degrading, painful and humiliating searches' by airport staff.

A New York student sentenced to a year in prison after touching a Dubai airport security guard has been freed: report

Elizabeth Polanco De Los Santos.Courtesy of Detained in Dubai. The New York student who was sentenced to prison in Dubai has finally been freed. Elizabeth Polanco De Los Santos, 21, had her sentence commuted, according to an advocacy group. Detained in Dubai called it a "welcome end" to the student's "hellish" months-long detainment. The New York City college student who was sentenced to a year in prison in Dubai over accusations of "assaulting …

New York college student released from Dubai after being sentenced to year for touching guard’s arm

The student's problems started during a layover

Student sentenced to one year in prison after touching airport security guard's arm in Dubai is freed

Elizabeth Polanco De Los Santos had been traveling from Istanbul to New York when the incident happened back in July.

U.S. Student Sentenced In Dubai After She 'Gently Touched' Airport Staff

Photo: Detained In Dubai A 21-year-old New York college student has been sentenced to a year in prison after she allegedly “gently touched” a security guard at a Dubai airport. Elizabeth Polanco De Los Santos, 21, was at the Dubai International Airport for a layover while flying from Istanbul to New York in July when she was subjected to “degrading, painful, and humiliating searches,” according to Detained in Dubai, an organization that provides…

21-year-old woman sentenced to one year in prison in Dubai after touching a Security guard's arm at the airport

A student from NYC, Elizabeth Polanco De Los Santos, 21, has been sentenced to a year in prison in Dubai after allegedly touching an airport security guard's arm. The incident occurred over the summer back in July. According to the New York Post, the student was passing through Dubai International Airport on her way home from a vacation in Istanbul, and was set to get on a connecting flight. During the routine security check, Elizabeth was asked…