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British teenager who was jailed in Dubai for sex with 17-year-old girl is killed in crash after car failed to stop for police
Marcus Fakana, 19, died in Tottenham, north London, at around 1am on Friday after a car he was a passenger in failed to stop when being blue-lighted by the Metropolitan Police.
Detained in Dubai
Oct 46 min read
Golden Visa Nightmare - Fraud warning issued.
We're seeing a surge in scams in the UAE - many run by Westerners pretending to be legal experts. They take people's money with no qualifications, and the victims are the ones punished. It's out of control.
Radha Stirling
Detained in Dubai
Aug 42 min read
Urgent UK intervention needed for Lee Murray clemency appeal
British citizen Lee Murray, has now spent 19 years in a Moroccan prison
Detained in Dubai
Jul 283 min read
'Lightning Lee' - Calls for Inquiry into MMA Fighter's 2.5 decade detention in Morocco
The UK Government’s role in the foreign prosecution of British citizen Lee Murray is a warning that the case sets a dangerous precedent for the outsourcing of British justice
Detained in Dubai
Jul 163 min read
Marcus Fakana JAILED
Marcus Fakana begins 1-year prison sentence in Dubai. Hoping for a pardon from @HHShkMohd
& assistance from #UKFCDO @DavidLammy
Detained in Dubai
Dec 30, 20243 min read
If Marcus Fakana spends a single day in prison, it’s on David Lammy
David Lammy is absolutely able to diplomatically secure a non-custodial sentence for Marcus if he does his job as MP and Foreign Secretary.
Detained in Dubai
Dec 18, 20243 min read
Family distraught after call from Baghdad jail: Brian Glendinning
Family distraught after call from Baghdad jail: Brian Glendinning “He’s not well. He has no energy. I really think he’s given up. The...
Detained in Dubai
Oct 18, 20223 min read
Scottish man detained in Iraq sentenced to 2 years in Qatar jail ‘likely to be extradited’
British citizen Brian Glendinning was to start work on a construction engineering contract in Basra last month, when he was abruptly...
Detained in Dubai
Oct 11, 20224 min read
FCDO failure in Albert Douglas case
Grandfather Albert Douglas has been held as an economic hostage in Dubai. He has been beaten, tortured and denied his medication, but the...
Detained in Dubai
Mar 27, 20223 min read
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