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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
Beware the UAE Cybercrime Laws
Background: The new Cyber Crimes Laws came into effect in December 2012 (Federal Law No. 5 of 2012) and has recently been published in...
Detained in Dubai
Nov 9, 20152 min read
New Inquiry into the death of Lee Bradley Brown, who died in custody just 6 days after his arrest
The UK High Court has ordered a new inquirty into the death of Lee Bradley Brown, who died while in police custody in Dubai. Lee's...
Detained in Dubai
Jul 30, 20152 min read
Chief Technical Officer Jailed in the UAE since October 2014, without charge or conviction
On the 21st of October 2014, Chief Technical Officer of Mobile application company "Duleaf" was detained at Sharjah after having been...
Radha Stirling
Jul 30, 20153 min read
Calling on Shayne Nelson, CEO of Emirates NBD to stop using or threatening to use Interpol as debt c
We call on Shayne Nelson and other CEO's to stop using Interpol as a negotiation tactic to recover debts. While debt is treated...
Detained in Dubai
Jun 22, 20152 min read
UAE initiated extradition requests in Spain & Abroad
The UAE has drawn foreigners to its shores for a number of years, attracted to the well marketed allure of a glamorous, affluent...
Radha Stirling
Jun 21, 20155 min read
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