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BBC Radio London interviews Detained in Dubai CEO Radha Stirling on Billy Hood and travel warnings
01 December 2021 BBC Radio London asks Radha Stirling if increased travel warnings would protect foreigners from being unfairly detained...
Detained in Dubai
Dec 2, 20211 min read
BBC 5 Live - Billy Hood Appeal with Radha Stirling and Breda Guckion - Detained in Dubai over CBD
ITV Report:1 December 2021 A British football coach handed a 25-year sentence in a Dubai prison after being found with four bottles of...
Detained in Dubai
Dec 1, 20212 min read
BBC: Billy Hood Appeal with Radha Stirling, mother Breda and brother Alex
01 December 2021 BBC Report: A football coach who was jailed in Dubai after four bottles of vape liquid containing cannabis oil were...
Detained in Dubai
Dec 1, 20213 min read
Press Release: Billy Hood Appeal
Abu Dhabi Courts accept Billy Hood did not traffic nor sell the CBD vape oil left in his car by a visiting friend. They accept that he...
Detained in Dubai
Nov 30, 20213 min read
Dubai Revises Antiquated Drug Laws
Detained in Dubai was founded following the arrest of Cat Le-Huy who was carrying jet lag remedy melatonin with him to Dubai. He was then...
Detained in Dubai
Nov 30, 20213 min read
Happy Birthday Billy Hood - Dubai detainees halt investors in luxury property show
A crowd of supporters turned up at Dubai’s biggest Luxury Property Show in London yesterday to show their support for Billy Hood, who...
Detained in Dubai
Nov 28, 20213 min read
Billy Hood Birthday Balloons set for Dubai’s Luxury Property Show in London
Tomorrow, Billy Hood will turn 25 years old, the same number of years as the sentence he has been handed by UAE courts after being forced...
Detained in Dubai
Nov 26, 20214 min read
Billy Hood in cockroach infested “solitary confinement” in Abu Dhabi
The 24 year old footballer was sentenced to 25 years in Dubai prison over CBD vape oil left in his car by a visiting friend, is suffering...
Detained in Dubai
Nov 22, 20214 min read
Billy Hood Petition set to become largest in Change
A petition to #FreeBillyHoodhas already gained a record 107,000 signatures since the case was brought to the media two weeks ago. The...
Detained in Dubai
Oct 26, 20212 min read
Clemency request for Billy Hood
Clemency request for man sentenced to 25 years over CBD oil sent to HH Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan. Billy Hood, a 24 year old who...
Detained in Dubai
Oct 25, 20212 min read
Man Jailed for 25 Years In Dubai Over Small Amount of CBD Vape Oil
A 24-year-old British football coach has been jailed for 25 years in Dubai after police found a small amount of CBD vape oil in his car....
Detained in Dubai
Oct 23, 20211 min read
British soldier is CLEARED after spending a year in UAE prisons on false drugs charges
As the #UAE desperately tries to spread their government sponsored propaganda, we highlight the case of Andy Neal, who was forced to...
Detained in Dubai
Oct 22, 20213 min read
Dubai Expo, UAE influence puts Britons at risk
“The United Arab Emirates is going to be pumping roughly £11 billion into the UK over the next five years through the Sovereign...
Detained in Dubai
Oct 20, 20213 min read
Billy Hood to remain in prison for further six weeks says Abu Dhabi court
Detained in Dubai CEO, Radha Stirling, has confirmed in a Gulf in Justice Podcast announcement that Billy Hood will need to report to...
Detained in Dubai
Oct 19, 20212 min read
Lawyers mount vigorous defence in Billy Hood appeal
Appeal court to review evidence in Billy Hood case in Abu Dhabi tomorrow. Billy Hood, a 24 year old footballer, is about to find out...
Detained in Dubai
Oct 18, 20213 min read
Billy Hood’s uncle angered by Dubai propaganda
The UAE’s government controlled newspaper published a self praising article in response to the media coverage of Billy Hood’s 25 year...
Detained in Dubai
Oct 16, 20217 min read
Protestors head to Parliament Square for Billy Hood
Join Billy's friends and supporters today, calling on the British government to help Billy come home. Radha Stirling, CEO of Detained in...
Detained in Dubai
Oct 16, 20211 min read
Good Morning Britain TV with Radha Stirling, Susanna Reid & Ben Shephard on Billy Hood case
A 24-year-old football coach has been sentenced to 25 years in prison in Dubai after police discovered 4 small bottles of CBD oil, which...
Detained in Dubai
Oct 15, 20211 min read
GB News: Colin Brazier interviews Radha Stirling of Detained in Dubai on CBD oil in Dubai
Jailed in Dubai: Billy hood locked up for 25 years over CBD oil found in car 'Dubai police are incentivised to secure drugs convictions...
Detained in Dubai
Oct 15, 20211 min read
5 News TV report on Billy Hood cast with family & Radha Stirling, CEO of Detained in Dubai
5 News TV report on Billy Hood, sentenced to 25 years in notorious Dubai jail after his visiting friend left tiny bottles of mixed CBD...
Detained in Dubai
Oct 14, 20211 min read
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