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FCDO Responsibilities: Are Conflicting Goals Diminishing Efficacy?
The Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) with its 14,000 staff is tasked with promoting British interests abroad but the...
Detained in Dubai
Mar 23, 20226 min read
'Foreign Office Fails Brits Detained Abroad' Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe latest to criticise FCDO
Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe is the latest Brit to criticise Foreign Office for their incompetency and dwindling diplomatic influence in the...
Detained in Dubai
Mar 21, 20226 min read
‘Denmark Faces Human Rights Issues over UAE Extradition Treaty’ says Expert
Denmark has signed an extradition treaty with the UAE, primarily to seek hedge fund trader Sanjay Shah, who has been sheltering in Dubai....
Detained in Dubai
Mar 17, 20223 min read
Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe’s 6-year detention highlights Britain’s diminished diplomatic influence
“Britain’s diplomatic power is greatly diminished in the Middle East, either due to reduced prestige or lack of trying,” says Radha...
Detained in Dubai
Mar 17, 20223 min read
Much of the world is ambivalent about the Ukraine war, and should be.
Originally published in The Times of Israel, by Radha Stirling, Expert Witness & Founder of Due Process International There has been a...
Detained in Dubai
Mar 14, 20225 min read
Steve Long Transferred to Al Wathba Prison Where Family Fears "He Will Die"
Steve Long, the British veteran and paramedic whose background working with bomb disposal units caused him to have a mental breakdown in...
Detained in Dubai
Mar 10, 20224 min read
Steve Long was arrested in the UAE because he was afraid.
On January 28th, the 39-year-old from Stockport, Manchester told airport staff in Abu Dhabi, before he was to board a flight home, that...
Detained in Dubai
Mar 8, 20224 min read
Dubai Police “Human Rights Captain” Meets Albert Douglas
“Nobody in the prison has ever heard of Dubai Police having a human rights captain so this must be a new thing”, reported Albert Douglas...
Detained in Dubai
Mar 2, 20222 min read
British grandfather left in tears over transfer prison where he was beaten
Grandfather Albert Douglas was left in tears, saying final goodbyes to his distressed family after being told he would be transferred to...
Detained in Dubai
Feb 23, 20223 min read
Brit Charged under UAE Cybercrime Laws for Publishing a Court Order on LinkedIn
Expat Entrepreneurs left in ruin by Dubai companies who never pay are then charged under Cybercrime laws for publishing court orders. A...
Detained in Dubai
Feb 21, 20224 min read
Interpol Red Notice Abuse - Expert Radha Stirling deletes another two.
Stirling removes another two Interpol Red Notices in January IPEX (Interpol & Extradition) Reform founder, Radha Stirling, successfully...
Detained in Dubai
Feb 13, 20224 min read
Good Morning Britain: Billy Hood BEATEN - with Radha Stirling, CEO of Detained in Dubai
Interview with mother Breda, brother Alex and Radha Stirling, CEO of Detained in Dubai #BillyHood #FreeBillyHood #UAE #AbuDhabi #Dubai...
Detained in Dubai
Feb 11, 20221 min read
Jailed footballer Billy Hood ‘is BEATEN by Dubai prison guards during Prince William UAE visit
A CAGED Brit footballer was violently beaten in a Dubai prison the very same day Prince William was visiting the country, it was claimed...
Detained in Dubai
Feb 11, 20222 min read
Billy Hood BEATEN by UAE prison guards during Prince William “official” visit
Billy Hood BEATEN by UAE prison guards during Prince William “official” visit During an official diplomatic visit between Prince William...
Detained in Dubai
Feb 10, 20224 min read
“UK’s Top Diplomatic Priority” - UAE’s Torture of British Citizen, Albert Douglas
“UK’s Top Diplomatic Priority” - UAE’s Torture of British Citizen, Albert Douglas The British Government now consider tortured Brit...
Detained in Dubai
Feb 7, 20225 min read
'I may never see my husband again': Wife of ailing British businessman
Ryan Cornelius is locked in Dubai jail over banking fraud, his wife says he has been condemned to die behind bars because he cannot repay...
Detained in Dubai
Jan 28, 202210 min read
US Veteran Stuck in Prison After Dubai “loses passport”
Afghanistan veteran and PTSD sufferer, Shannon Johnston, held in Dubai debtors prison because authorities “lost his passport”. “My father...
Detained in Dubai
Jan 27, 20222 min read
Stirling calls for evacuation of British prisoners in UAE
The unthinkable is happening right now in the UAE. After decades as one of the few countries in the Arabian Gulf to not be targeted in...
Detained in Dubai
Jan 26, 20223 min read
Today: Abu Dhabi prison shakes as prisoners on frontline of drone strikes
Today: Abu Dhabi prison shakes as prisoners on frontline of drone strikes Reports from Abu Dhabi prison confirm the building was...
Detained in Dubai
Jan 25, 20222 min read
New Dubai Drug Laws for Billy Hood
2021 saw the arrest of Peter Clark and Billy Hood. Peter was arrested for “possession” when his blood tests returned positive for hashish...
Detained in Dubai
Jan 24, 20222 min read
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