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Breaking news, press releases and expert analysis on legal issues, wrongful detentions, and travel risks in the UAE and surrounding regions. Our press releases are reported on television, radio and print media across the world.
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Don’t Confess - Protect yourself if you are arrested or questioned by police...
Read the Crime section of any of the local UAE newspapers, and you are bound to come across this sentence in nearly every story: "Police...
Detained in Dubai
Jan 16, 20164 min read
Family Law & Consequence in the UAE
We have worked on several family matters in the UAE, most involving other EU countries. Certainly countries will take foreign Court...
Detained in Dubai
Jan 15, 20165 min read
Emirates NBD hires debt collectors to chase expat defaulters in the US, UK
Emirates NBD, Dubai's largest bank, is one of a number of local UAE lenders who have hired British and American debt collection agencies...
Arabian Business Magazine
Jan 15, 20162 min read
Press Release: UK Courts Rule Today Against UAE's Application to Extradite Michael Halliday
This afternoon, the Westminster Magistrates Court ruled against the UAE's Application to Extradite Michael Halliday who had been accused...
Detained in Dubai
Dec 22, 20152 min read
Spotlight on Dubai Debt
2015 has brought more debt victims to our doors than any other year save for the crash in 2009 that left countless foreign residents...
Detained in Dubai
Dec 21, 20153 min read
The Guardian Reports: Gay Briton fights extradition to Dubai
Radha Stirling, founder of Detained in Dubai fully supports Mr Halliday's defence and anticipates a favourable judgment. Michael...
Detained in Dubai
Dec 21, 20154 min read
Arabian Business Reports: Swedish male model jailed for drugs in Dubai is pardoned
A Swedish male model and TV personality who was sentenced to 10 years in jail in Dubai for possessing cocaine has arrived home in Sweden...
Detained in Dubai
Dec 14, 20152 min read
UAE Detentions without due process continue with no end in sight
Mosaab Ramadan has been held in a detention facility for over 400 days, without having been charged or prosecuted. He is not alone. In...
Detained in Dubai
Nov 26, 20151 min read
European man on trial for homosexuality in Dubai after reporting robbery
A European man faces sodomy charges in the United Arab Emirates after he reported being tied up and robbed by two Pakistani guest workers...
Andrew Potts
Nov 26, 20152 min read
Detained in Dubai Updates for October / November 2015 - Interpol, Extradition, Status Checks, Debt
Detained in Dubai Updates for October / November 2015 October and November have been unusually busy this year. This is partially we...
Detained in Dubai
Nov 24, 20155 min read
Substantial Increase in Legal Problems for White Collar Indians in the UAE, including Interpol
The UAE is composed of many nationalities, though Indians form over 50% of the total population in the UAE. 20% of Indian expats are...
Radha Stirling
Nov 18, 20155 min read
Caution: Expect an Increase in Crime Reporting with the introduction of the "Police Eye" I
General Khamis Mattar Al Muzaina, chief of Dubai Police said “Anybody can download the new police application from Apple store and use...
Radha Stirling
Nov 10, 20151 min read
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