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United Nations Complaints for wrongful imprisonment, arbitrary detention and human rights violations
The United Nations in its own right, may not have the influence or power to secure the freedom of a person who has been kidnapped or...
Detained in Dubai
Mar 30, 20213 min read


Desperate Russian cancer victim held hostage in Dubai over debt.
Bika, 49 and a 25 year resident of Dubai decided to open a bakery in JBR, an upmarket area in Dubai. Bika, originally from Dagestan in...
Detained in Dubai
Mar 26, 20213 min read


“Princess Latifa’s yacht located using friend’s phone” - Hervé Jaubert
US/French spy Hervé Jaubert says he advocates for a quiet diplomatic resolution for Latifa, concerned that the latest videos put her in...
Detained in Dubai
Mar 18, 20213 min read


Phone tracking spyware likely used to capture Dubai princess, claims former aid
Former French Naval officer Hervé Jaubert, who planned and executed Dubai’s princess Latifa’s failed escape plan three years ago, has...
India Today
Mar 18, 20214 min read


Cosmopolitan covers Detained in Dubai
Going on holiday or on a backpacking adventure is a lot of fun; it's why so many people do it. But something that could ruin that fun big...

Detained in Dubai
Feb 16, 20219 min read


Daniel Rivera of Skyline International Free Speech organisation, live with Radha Stirling
Free speech organisation Skyline, talks with Radha Stirling on censorship, cybercrime laws, big tech and governmental attacks on human...

Detained in Dubai
Feb 2, 20211 min read


The United Arab Emirates is trying to rebrand its image by making changes to its legal system
...Radha Stirling, who founded the advocacy group Detained in Dubai, said the fear of losing expats and investors has triggered the legal...

Detained in Dubai
Dec 29, 20201 min read


Will new peace deals help Miami woman detained in Dubai?
Miami accountant, Danielle Jeffries, 58, had hoped she’d be home this Christmas to see her 93 year old mother who had just survived...

Detained in Dubai
Dec 27, 20203 min read


Radha Stirling in depth with Revive FM - Israel peace deals, Princess Latifa & Middle East
Middle East Civil and Criminal Justice Expert Radha Stirling, talks with lawyer and host Ali Fateh on London's Revive FM. The Detained in...

Detained in Dubai
Nov 27, 20201 min read


Meet our CEO, Radha Stirling.
Meet our CEO, Radha Stirling. Stirling founded the organisation in 2008 in response to ever increasing requests to help people who faced...

Detained in Dubai
Nov 17, 20201 min read


Caitlin McNamara sexual assault in the UAE
"32 year old Caitlin McNamara has spoken to media about her allegations of sexual harassment by Sheikh Nayan bin Mubarak Al Nayan
Detained in Dubai
Oct 18, 20203 min read


BREAKING: Dubai royal Sheikha Zaynab livestreams attack on family
Wife of Dubai royal Sheikh Saeed bin Maktoum bin Rashid Al Maktoum broadcast multiple Instagram livestreams today as she tearfully...
Detained in Dubai
Sep 10, 20203 min read


Radha Stirling sheds light on appalling rights for women in the Middle East
“It was only due to the media campaign that we launched, and it was pretty difficult at the time too, because it’s a story of a princess esc
Luke Grant
Mar 8, 20201 min read


Case exposes anti female bias in UAE
- Princesses Haya & Latifa cases reveal discriminatory system from the top American sexual harassment victim arrested in Dubai for...

Detained in Dubai
Mar 5, 20204 min read


Radha Stirling, appointed by Latifa before her abduction, responds to British court ruling
Princess Latifa called on Radha Stirling, CEO of Detained in Dubai from onboard the vessel she escaped on with spy Hervé Jaubert to help...

Detained in Dubai
Mar 5, 20204 min read


Princess Latifa Safety Central to Princess Haya’s Custody Case says QC
Sheikh Mohammed has applied to the English High Court for custody of his two children from Jordanian wife Princess Haya after their...
Detained in Dubai
Aug 5, 20193 min read


Detained in Dubai appoints QC John Cooper in Princess Latifa case
Acting as Sheikha Latifa Al Maktoum’s legal representatives, Detained in Dubai and Captain Hervé Jaubert have instructed internationally...
Detained in Dubai
Jul 31, 20193 min read


Detained in Dubai, Radha Stirling on "hypocritical choice" of Nicki Minaj to perform in Saudi Arabia
Detained in Dubai’s Radha Stirling comments on “hypocritical choice” of Nicki Minaj to perform in Saudi Arabia, while women are treated...

Detained in Dubai
Jul 6, 20191 min read


Asylum-seeking Saudi sisters summoned to police station; fear deportation to Saudi Arabia
Detained in Dubai CEO Radha Stirling issued the following statement on the ongoing case of Dua and Dalal Khalid, two Saudi sisters who...

Detained in Dubai
Jun 25, 20192 min read


Radha Stirling talks Gulf policy on women’s rights after prominent escapes
Radha Stirling talks Gulf policy on women’s rights after prominent Sheikha Latifa & Rahaf Alqunun escapes During the last few years there...

Detained in Dubai
Jan 16, 20199 min read
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