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MOU reveals UK-UAE collusion in covering up abuses as Britons languish in Dubai jails
Abu Dhabi's Crown Prince Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed al-Nahyan with Foreign Minister Jeremy Hunt CREDIT: REUTERS The British government...
Detained in Dubai
Mar 4, 20193 min read
Can football resolve the feud between Qatar, the UAE and Saudi Arabia?
The ongoing dispute between Gulf neighbours Qatar, the UAE and Saudi Arabia (with a variety of other countries allied to one side or the...
Radha Stirling
Feb 28, 20193 min read
Radha Stirling statement on Iran’s persecution of British national, Nazanin Zaghari-Radcliffe
Statement of Radha Stirling, Middle Eastern Criminal and Civil Justice Expert, Expert Witness and founder of UK based Detained in Dubai...
Detained in Dubai
Jan 3, 20192 min read
Detained in Dubai statement on pardon of Matthew Hedges, Brit academic jailed for "spying"
Radha Stirling, CEO of Detained in Dubai, who have been actively pushing for the release of British academic Matthew Hedges, commented...
Detained in Dubai
Nov 26, 20182 min read
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
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
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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