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Debt persecution in UAE likely to worsen in 2019
Slow economic growth in the UAE connected with lower oil prices, and the property market’s consistent failure to live up to expectations,...
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Detained in Dubai
Jun 1, 20183 min
Frightening precedent for UAE population - Lawyer imprisoned for 10 years
- for "defaming the government” over civil rights discussions. Ahmed Mansoor, jailed for 10 years under UAE's cybercrime laws The ruling...
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Detained in Dubai
May 15, 20182 min
United Nations demand answers on enforced disappearance of Sheikha Latifa
The United Nations has demanded answers from the United Arab Emirates over the enforced disappearance of Sheikha Latifa Al Maktoum, and...
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Detained in Dubai
May 8, 20183 min
Christian Elombo freed as UAE drops Interpol case for helping Princess Latifa escape
Detained in Dubai is pleased to confirm that Christian Elombo has been freed from Luxembourg prison. The UAE had placed Christian on the...
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Detained in Dubai
Dec 29, 20172 min
Asa Hutchinson, British girl facing years in prison in Dubai for “witnessing someone else’s crime”
- given choice of “signing legal documents written only in Arabic, or go straight to jail.” Asa Hutchinson, the British girl facing jail...
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Detained in Dubai
Dec 17, 20174 min
Connor Clements appeal to be ruled on 3 days before Christmas.
Brit facing 2 years jail in Dubai for using legal marijuana medication in England 3 weeks before. On the 21st December, 3 days before...
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Detained in Dubai
Dec 6, 20173 min
Paralysed British stroke victim “held hostage” in Dubai over business debt.
71 year old British pensioner Malcolm Munroe has been hospitalised after suffering a stroke in 2013 that left him paralysed and...
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Detained in Dubai
Nov 28, 20173 min
Mentally ill American stroke victim held hostage in UAE over debts, free after 2 long years!
David Oliver the American University professor who was held hostage for 2 years in Dubai over personal debts he was unable to pay, is...
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Detained in Dubai
Nov 27, 20176 min
Mentally ill American stroke victim "held hostage" in Dubai over missed debt instalments
David Oliver, an American former university professor is a stroke victim with mental health issues. David lost his job teaching in the...
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Detained in Dubai
Oct 9, 20173 min
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...
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Detained in Dubai
Oct 5, 20172 min
Dangerous UK FCO advice to Billy Barclay could have left him stuck in UAE indefinitely.
Billy Barclay, the Edinburgh man accused of passing a forged £20 note while on holiday in the UAE, and his family told Radha Stirling,...
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Detained in Dubai
Oct 4, 20171 min
Scottish family man Billy Barclay, accused of passing fake banknote, set to be released from UAE
Scottish family man Billy Barclay is set to be released from UAE this evening after his ordeal involving a fake £20 note. Radha Stirling,...
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Detained in Dubai
Sep 19, 20174 min
Expats advised: Prepare properly if forced to leave debts in the UAE.
It is one of the enduring legends of Dubai. Supercars left behind at the airport to gather dust as high flying expats’ debt suddenly...
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Detained in Dubai
Sep 5, 20173 min
Dubai expat business community anxious over theft of foreign investments
Influential Emiratis have cheated expats out of their businesses, cash and assets by falsifying criminal charges and even having them...
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