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Dubai police arrest American man for possession of hashish consumed OUTSIDE the UAE
It’s happened again. Dubai’s strict drug laws prohibit the possession of hashish/marijuana, but possession there, includes carrying drugs...
Detained in Dubai
Apr 12, 20214 min read
Detained in Dubai reports UAE's Israel-US hacking agent to FBI
A newly published report by The Daily Beast’s Adam Rawnsley details how Ras Al Khaimah used an Israeli private intelligence company to...
Detained in Dubai
Apr 7, 20213 min read
Calls for Sheikh Mohammed to save Russian cancer victim’s life.
Radha Stirling, CEO of Detained in Dubai has written a letter to Dubai’s ruler, Sheikh Mohammed Al Maktoum, enclosing a heart breaking...
Detained in Dubai
Apr 6, 20212 min read
Women who posed naked on balcony in Dubai ‘could be jailed for two years’
A group of young women who appeared naked for a ‘brazen’ daylight shoot on a balcony in Dubai could face sentences of up two years in...
Metro
Apr 5, 20213 min read
RAK’s Volatile Dictatorship Unsafe for Investors
The spotlight of the international media, human rights organisations, and western governments often falls upon the UAE, particularly in...
Detained in Dubai
Apr 5, 20212 min read
Etoum case proves blood is not thicker than politics in the Middle East
Radha Stirling, CEO of Detained in Dubai, issued the following statement: “The UAE jailed a Jordanian activist in February, with a...
Detained in Dubai
Apr 4, 20213 min read
Group detained in Dubai for sharing naked video
A group of people have been rounded up by Dubai police after sharing videos on social media showing naked women posing on a balcony. The...
Detained in Dubai
Apr 4, 20212 min read
Jürgen Braun calls out Foreign Minister Heiko Maas for “abandoning German national in Arab prison”
“Foreign Minister Heiko Maas abandons the German Dieter Kellouche in the Arab prison" 42 year old Dieter Kellouche has been sentenced to...
Detained in Dubai
Apr 2, 20212 min read
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
Human Rights Abuses & Corruption threaten RAK Fitch Rating
Ras Al Khaimah has undeserved 5* rating from external ratings agencies like Fitch, but Due Process International is raising major issues...
Detained in Dubai
Mar 30, 20211 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
Human Rights Abuses & Corruption threaten RAK Fitch Rating
RAK Fitch Rating under fire over human rights abuses and corruption
Detained in Dubai
Mar 24, 20214 min read
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