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Billy Hood - what will the British FCDO do to help the footballer sentenced to 25 years for CBD oil?

Billy Hood has been sentenced to remain in Dubai's notorious prison until his 49th birthday. But what is the UK Embassy and British FCDO...

Arrested for cross-dressing in Dubai

A transgender woman was arrested in Dubai last week, accused of cross-dressing. She was thrown into a male prison and deprived of access...

The FCO is broken

The first thing most foreign nationals do when they experience problems abroad is to contact their embassies. It is fair to say that...

The dark side of Dubai

Sneaky selfies, a sleeping Swede and a pair of shattered spectacles. The details of a post-brunch debacle in Dubai are laughably mundane,...

Scotsman Jamie Harron sentenced today to 3 months in Dubai jail for brushing up against man in crowd

Today Jamie Harron was sentenced to 3 months imprisonment for accidentally brushing the hip of an Arab customer at the Rock Bottom bar in...

Statement from Radha Stirling 17:00, 11 October 2017 re Jamie Harron

Jamie has two open cases against him in Dubai. The first case was for brushing past the man and the second includes allegations of a rude...

Top UAE lawyer calls for legal reforms after recent terrifying arrests of 3 Brits

- Jamie Harron, Jamil Mukadam and Billy Barclay Essam Al Tamimi, one of the UAE's most respected lawyers has publicly claimed that the...

Parents of Scot held in Dubai for brushing past man in bar speak out

The parents of Jamie Harron, the Scotsman arrested in Dubai for accidentally touching another man’s hip while trying to avoid bumping...

Brit facing 3 years jail in Dubai for "public indecency"

Following the recent, frightening arrest and detainment of British family man Billy Barclay, another Scot, Jamie Harron has also fallen...