DUBAI — Dubai has dropped the case against a British woman who was accused of extramarital sex after reporting that she had been raped by two British men while on holiday in the Gulf state.

The Dubai government said the public prosecutor had closed the case against the 25-year-old woman after examining a video on the mobile phone of one of two British suspects and concluding the act was consensual.

The case received global attention with human rights groups.

“All three parties involved in the case are in the process of receiving their passports and are free to leave the UAE,” a statement from Dubai’s government said.

Britain-based legal advocacy group Detained in Dubai said a charge of extramarital sex can lead to imprisonment and flogging in Dubai, which draws a large number of expatriates and visitors and boasts a tourism industry tailored to a Western way of life.

Radha Stirling, founder and director of Detained in Dubai, said the international attention that the case received may have contributed to the decision to drop the charges.

“We hope that the UAE takes this as yet another example of why they need to implement a policy that protects victims of crime against retaliatory charges or counter criminal accusations,” Stirling said in a statement.

The last posting on a website by the woman’s family to raise funds said they had yet to receive official confirmation that their daughter had been released.

A spokeswoman for Britain’s foreign office said this was a matter for the Dubai prosecutor.