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British Family Warns of Torture in UAE 'Black Site' Prison
Human rights organisation Detained in Dubai today called for the immediate safeguarding of Ryan John Michael Pepper, a British father of young children from Ashford, Kent, held in Sharjah CID detention for many months with severely limited family contact.

Detained in Dubai
Jun 113 min read


BREAKING: British father tortured in Dubai detention as family fears “he will die in custody”
British father Ryan Pepper has reported that he has been beaten, threatened and psychologically abused inside a Dubai detention facility while British officials struggled to obtain meaningful private access to him following repeated safeguarding concerns raised by his devastated family.

Detained in Dubai
May 264 min read


Uzbekistan on Trial: Radha Stirling on the Crisis of Trust in the Judiciary
Uzbekistan is attracting attention from human rights advocates following a series of alarming events within the country’s judicial system

Detained in Dubai
Mar 14, 20255 min read


Uzbekistan Secrecy Shrouds Allamjonov Trial Amid Security Scandal
The trial of the assassination attempt on Komil Allamjonov in Uzbekistan has begun.

Detained in Dubai
Feb 5, 20255 min read


Princess Latifa’s escape yacht is sunk
Nostromo, the vessel that was to take Dubai’s Princess Latifa to safety and freedom, has sunk in Sri Lanka

Detained in Dubai
Jan 21, 20254 min read


CEO of Cement Giant Extradited from UAE. US involvement investigation.
CEO of United Cement Group, Ulugbek Shadmanov, unlawfully extradited from the UAE to Uzbekistan 8th January 2025 without judicial process

Detained in Dubai
Jan 9, 20253 min read


Torture in the Emirates
Lady Whitaker and Andy Slaughter, MP have voiced their serious concerns to the Foreign Office over the UAE’s treatment of British...
Detained in Dubai
Jun 10, 20212 min read
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