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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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Detained in Dubai
Jul 28, 20224 min read
Is Liz Truss fit to be Prime Minister? The Gulf in Justice Podcast asks Brits detained abroad
Is Liz Truss fit to be Prime Minister? GULF IN JUSTICE PODCAST asks Brits detained abroad Gulf prisoners & human rights victims say “Liz...
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Detained in Dubai
Jul 27, 20223 min read
Foreign Office accused of 'washing its hands' of Brit detained in Saudi Arabia
Crispin Blunt MP has accused the Foreign Office of failing to help his constituent Christopher Emms who was arrested in Riyadh in...
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Detained in Dubai
Jul 3, 20223 min read
FIFA 2022 - Arrests expected in Qatar & the Middle East
Qatar is set to attract millions of football fans to the world cup in November and December with hotels so scarce that many visitors plan...
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Detained in Dubai
Apr 11, 20223 min read
Steve Long Freed
Steve Long, the man who was arrested in Abu Dhabi because he was afraid, returns to England. The special forces veteran was arrested at...
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Detained in Dubai
Mar 21, 20226 min read
'Foreign Office Fails Brits Detained Abroad' Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe latest to criticise FCDO
Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe is the latest Brit to criticise Foreign Office for their incompetency and dwindling diplomatic influence in the...
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Detained in Dubai
Mar 2, 20222 min read
Dubai Police “Human Rights Captain” Meets Albert Douglas
“Nobody in the prison has ever heard of Dubai Police having a human rights captain so this must be a new thing”, reported Albert Douglas...
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Detained in Dubai
Jan 5, 20221 min read
Gulf in Justice Podcast with Radha Stirling and the families of Billy Hood and Albert Douglas
Gulf in Justice host and Detained in Dubai CEO, Radha Stirling, updates us on the cases of Billy Hood and Albert Douglas, featuring Colin...
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Detained in Dubai
Dec 15, 20211 min read
GB News: Colin Brazier: Billy Hood Detained in Dubai for CBD vape oil gets 10 years.
Colin Brazier of GB News goes in depth on the case of Billy Hood who has had a 25 year prison sentence reduced to 10 years on appeal in...
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Detained in Dubai
Dec 9, 20214 min read
Xmas parties, omicron overshadowing progress
Strengthening alliances with the UAE and China while the UK remains preoccupied with Covid 'variants' and Xmas scandals. For two years,...
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Detained in Dubai
Dec 8, 20215 min read
Dubai Prisoners Slam Foreign Office
Politicians and families put FCDO under fire in tomorrow's debate. Billy Hood’s heartbroken mother, Breda Guckion, has expressed her...
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Detained in Dubai
Dec 7, 20216 min read
Parliamentary Debate - Should the FCDO increase travel warnings to British citizens heading to Dubai
Press Release: Parliamentary Debate: Should the FCDO increase travel warnings to British citizens heading to Dubai: 9th of December 2021...
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Detained in Dubai
Dec 1, 20212 min read
BBC 5 Live - Billy Hood Appeal with Radha Stirling and Breda Guckion - Detained in Dubai over CBD
ITV Report:1 December 2021 A British football coach handed a 25-year sentence in a Dubai prison after being found with four bottles of...
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Detained in Dubai
Nov 30, 20213 min read
Press Release: Billy Hood Appeal
Abu Dhabi Courts accept Billy Hood did not traffic nor sell the CBD vape oil left in his car by a visiting friend. They accept that he...
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Detained in Dubai
Nov 22, 20214 min read
Billy Hood in cockroach infested “solitary confinement” in Abu Dhabi
The 24 year old footballer was sentenced to 25 years in Dubai prison over CBD vape oil left in his car by a visiting friend, is suffering...
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Detained in Dubai
Nov 12, 20214 min read
British grandfather jailed in Dubai for crimes he claims he didn’t commit
Says he has witnessed suicides and rape by inmates and been forced to drink from communal toilet. Albert Douglas, 60, from London...
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Detained in Dubai
Nov 11, 20213 min read
MY PRISON HELL I’m trapped in hellhole Dubai jail for crime I didn’t commit
AN INNOCENT British grandad has revealed the horrors from inside a hellhole prison in the UAE where he is trapped for a crime he claims...
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Detained in Dubai
Nov 9, 20213 min read
Billy Hood moved to Abu Dhabi over CBD 25 year sentence - hasn’t been heard from
24 year old footballer, Billy Hood, has been moved to Abu Dhabi prison and hasn’t been in ouch since, leaving his family distressed and...
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Detained in Dubai
Oct 19, 20212 min read
Billy Hood to remain in prison for further six weeks says Abu Dhabi court
Detained in Dubai CEO, Radha Stirling, has confirmed in a Gulf in Justice Podcast announcement that Billy Hood will need to report to...
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Detained in Dubai
Oct 18, 20213 min read
Lawyers mount vigorous defence in Billy Hood appeal
Appeal court to review evidence in Billy Hood case in Abu Dhabi tomorrow. Billy Hood, a 24 year old footballer, is about to find out...
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Detained in Dubai
Oct 18, 20213 min read
Channel 7 TV - covering William Meyerhoff's release from Dubai, Albert Douglas & Detained in Dubai
72 year old great grandfather William Meyerhoff was arrested en route to Australia over bounced cheque allegations from a company he...
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