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Happy New Year & Detained in Dubai official announcements - 31 December 2018
We would like this opportunity to wish everyone a happy and prosperous new year, and to offer our heartfelt thanks to all of our friends...
Detained in Dubai
Dec 31, 20182 min read
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Radha Stirling Statement on Saudi Arabia Cabinet Shuffle
Radha Stirling, Middle Eastern Criminal and Civil Justice Expert, Expert Witness and founder of Detained in Dubai issued the following...
Detained in Dubai
Dec 28, 20183 min read
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Australia & FIFA must pressure Interpol, Thailand & Bahrain to secure pro footballer's f
Detention of Bahraini/Australian resident and pro footballer in Thailand highlights Gulf state Interpol abuse and international...
Detained in Dubai
Dec 23, 20185 min read
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Radha Stirling comments on the escalation of belligerent behaviour of the UAE
Radha Stirling comments on the escalation of belligerent behaviour of the UAE Upon her return from Washington D.C., having met with...
Detained in Dubai
Dec 6, 20185 min read
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Power of UAE passport illustrates global silence over human rights abuses, crimes
UAE passport today is the strongest in the world, reflecting a degree of global influence linked to SWF investments, tantamount to hush...
Detained in Dubai
Dec 3, 20183 min read
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Frontiers of Freedom Conference in Washington today - Saudi Arabia & UAE
Detained in Dubai founder and CEO, Radha Stirling, leading international expert on Human Rights and legal abuses in the UAE, will be...
Detained in Dubai
Nov 30, 20182 min read
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Detention of Bahraini refugee in Thailand highlights Gulf state Interpol abuse
Detained in Dubai CEO Radha Stirling released the following statement on the detention and potential extradition of Bahraini national...
Detained in Dubai
Nov 29, 20183 min read
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Radha Stirling, CEO of Detained in Dubai, statement on the shock life sentencing of UK student Matth
Statement from Radha Stirling (CEO of Detained in Dubai): "The announcement that Matthew Hedges has been sentenced to life imprisonment...
Detained in Dubai
Nov 21, 20182 min read
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Detained in Dubai advises re-evaluation of Western ties with UAE in wake of UK PHD student Matthew H
It has been a bad year for the UAE. First, the daughter of Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, the Ruler of Dubai, records a video...
Detained in Dubai
Oct 12, 20183 min read
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Young British academic detained in UAE for ‘spying’
British citizen, and PhD student Matthew Hedges, 31, was arrested last May at Dubai airport as he sought to return to the UK after a...
Detained in Dubai
Oct 11, 20183 min read
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United Nations considers next actions to find missing Princess Latifa after India and UAE’s failure
Geneva is a long way from the Arabian Gulf, but last Friday, a special closed session of the UN Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary...
Detained in Dubai
Sep 20, 20186 min read
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Asa Hutchinson convicted in absentia, sentenced to 3 months in Dubai jail after witnessing brawl
A Dubai court sentenced Briton Asa Hutchinson in absentia for being a witness to an alleged assault. Her testimony was dismissed, and she...
Detained in Dubai
Sep 18, 20182 min read
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Indian family man & lawyer Johnson George, breaks down in court after being denied bail in RAK
When Johnson George was denied bail again at a recent hearing, the 48 year-old lawyer broke down in the Ras Al Khaimah courtroom, tears...
Detained in Dubai
Aug 29, 20183 min read
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British/Irish grandfather’s UAE jail nightmare after disagreement with hotel staff over visiting fri
52 year old John Murphy, from Blackheath in London has already spent 6 weeks in a UAE jail he describes as “like Dante’s Inferno.” He now...
Detained in Dubai
Aug 22, 20187 min read
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Australia demands UAE respond to world's questions about missing princess & travel warnings
Last Sunday Australia’s most-watched and award winning television news program exposed the shocking story of Princess Latifa, daughter of...
Detained in Dubai
Jul 19, 20183 min read
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Expats shocked Qatar & UAE banks are getting away with using INTERPOL as debt collector
INTERPOL’s global reputation been damaged over the last decade due to their negligence in allowing member countries to misuse the...
Detained in Dubai
Jul 2, 20185 min read
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Australian family’s distress over 68 year old businessman & father of 3 with, Joseph Sarlak fac
Australian Family man Joe Sarlak’s nightmare began on the 31st of July 2016, nearly two years ago, when he was tricked into attending a...
Detained in Dubai
Jul 1, 20186 min read
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UAE LOST AT SEA ON LATIFA CASE
It is fair to say that the UAE never expected their abductions of Sheikha Latifa Al Maktoum, Herve Jaubert, Tiina Jauhiainen, and the...
Detained in Dubai
Apr 22, 20183 min read
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Torture and Kidnap victims speak on their and Princess Latifa's Kidnap by Dubai Ruler - Updates
Detained in Dubai held a press conference in London on the 12th of April 2018 on the kidnapping of Dubai Princess Sheikha Latifa AL...
Detained in Dubai
Apr 16, 20184 min read
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Detained in Dubai to hold press conference on the case of Latifa Al Maktoum and attack on US yacht
Radha Stirling announced today in a statement: Detained in Dubai will be holding a press conference on Thursday, April 12th. I, Toby...
Detained in Dubai
Apr 9, 20183 min read
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