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Detained in Dubai
Apr 12, 20192 min read
Stirling urges FCO to update travel warnings in light of Laleh Shahravesh case
British legal group Detained in Dubai has urged the FCO to update its UAE travel warnings to UK tourists in an open letter penned by the...
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Detained in Dubai
Apr 9, 20192 min read
Radha Stirling responds to reports of possible withdrawal of Laleh case
Laleh’s accuser hinted to reporters that she may drop the case but no official withdrawal has taken place, and the case is slated for a...
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Detained in Dubai
Apr 8, 20193 min read
"Please let my mum come home your Highness." Daughter of Brit mum trapped in Dubai
Paris Shahravesh, the 14 year old daughter of the London mum facing jail in Dubai over a rash Facebook post has written a heartbreaking...
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Detained in Dubai
Apr 7, 20197 min read
British mother faces 2 years jail and £50,000 fine in Dubai, because of old Facebook posts
Widely criticised “cybercrime” laws in Dubai mean that a London single mum has been arrested together with her 14 year old daughter at...
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Detained in Dubai
Mar 4, 20193 min read
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...
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Detained in Dubai
Mar 4, 20194 min read
Former MP and Shadow Homeland Security Spokesman, Colonel Patrick Mercer, joins the outcry over the
Colonel Patrick Mercer. Former commanding officer of the Worcestershire and Sherwood Foresters (left). Andrew Neal (right) Colonel Mercer...
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Radha Stirling
Feb 28, 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...
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Detained in Dubai
Feb 19, 20197 min read
Army friends rally support for Andy Neal as Dubai prosecutors claim decision on release will come Th
Army colleagues of Brit father of 2 wrongly imprisoned in Dubai rally to his support. A 44 year old British family man, war hero and PTSD...
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Detained in Dubai
Feb 13, 20197 min read
Brit war hero and father of 2 jailed since October after shameful Dubai police misconduct
Detained in Dubai has taken on the case of Andy Neal, detained in Dubai central prison since the 4th of October. Detained in Dubai is in...
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Detained in Dubai
Feb 12, 20193 min read
Following Rahaf’s escape from Saudi, Hind Al-Bolooki appoints Radha Stirling to help her escape the
Radha Stirling, CEO of Detained in Dubai and UAE country expert witness, spoke with Hind Al-Bolooki from detention in Macedonia, pledging...
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Detained in Dubai
Feb 11, 20192 min read
Emirati woman’s asylum plea must be taken as seriously as Rahaf Mohammed
An Emirati woman who fled the UAE has been denied asylum in Macedonia and faces extradition, though she claims she has suffered serious...
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Detained in Dubai
Jan 3, 20192 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...
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Detained in Dubai
Dec 4, 20183 min read
BBC2 documentary to expose UAE’s enforced disappearance of Dubai princess
On Thursday, December 6 BBC2 will air Escape from Dubai: the Mystery of the Missing Princess, reporting to a global audience the story of...
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Detained in Dubai
Dec 3, 20183 min read
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...
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Detained in Dubai
Nov 30, 20182 min read
Latifa case a turning point for UAE; US concern growing
Detained in Dubai CEO Radha Stirling, a leading international expert on Human Rights and legal abuse in the UAE, is currently in...
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Detained in Dubai
Nov 30, 20182 min read
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...
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Detained in Dubai
Oct 11, 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...
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Detained in Dubai
Jul 24, 20184 min read
FBI & UN investigating as illegal rendition of Dubai princess snowballs into dangerous new poli
UAE-India raid to capture Princess Latifa is spiralling into a new levels of disregard for legal protocols and International Law, as UAE...
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Detained in Dubai
Jul 19, 20183 min read
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...
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Detained in Dubai
Jul 2, 20185 min read
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...
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