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Detained in Dubai
Feb 15, 20234 min read
Miss World criticised for selecting Dubai as 2023 pageant host
The Miss World pageant, the oldest beauty contest in the world, will be held in Dubai this year, according to organisers. The move is...
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Detained in Dubai
Oct 25, 20224 min read
FIFA World Cup Travel Warning: Women & LGBT+ risk jail or flogging
FEMALE and LGBT+ England fans risk serious consequences at the 2022 World Cup in Qatar if they report being the victim of a sex attack,...
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Detained in Dubai
Apr 16, 20215 min read
Americans detained in Dubai - A by-product of UAE lobbying?
American detained in Dubai is not alone. Why does Dubai jail tourists? UAE lobbying has suppressed criminality for over a decade and it...
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India Today
Mar 18, 20214 min read
Phone tracking spyware likely used to capture Dubai princess, claims former aid
Former French Naval officer Hervé Jaubert, who planned and executed Dubai’s princess Latifa’s failed escape plan three years ago, has...
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Detained in Dubai
Feb 16, 20219 min read
Cosmopolitan covers Detained in Dubai
Going on holiday or on a backpacking adventure is a lot of fun; it's why so many people do it. But something that could ruin that fun big...
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Detained in Dubai
Dec 29, 20201 min read
The United Arab Emirates is trying to rebrand its image by making changes to its legal system
...Radha Stirling, who founded the advocacy group Detained in Dubai, said the fear of losing expats and investors has triggered the legal...
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Detained in Dubai
Oct 18, 20203 min read
Caitlin McNamara sexual assault in the UAE
"32 year old Caitlin McNamara has spoken to media about her allegations of sexual harassment by Sheikh Nayan bin Mubarak Al Nayan
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Detained in Dubai
Sep 10, 20203 min read
BREAKING: Dubai royal Sheikha Zaynab livestreams attack on family
Wife of Dubai royal Sheikh Saeed bin Maktoum bin Rashid Al Maktoum broadcast multiple Instagram livestreams today as she tearfully...
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Luke Grant
Mar 8, 20201 min read
Radha Stirling sheds light on appalling rights for women in the Middle East
“It was only due to the media campaign that we launched, and it was pretty difficult at the time too, because it’s a story of a princess esc
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Detained in Dubai
Mar 5, 20204 min read
Case exposes anti female bias in UAE
- Princesses Haya & Latifa cases reveal discriminatory system from the top American sexual harassment victim arrested in Dubai for...
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Detained in Dubai
Jul 5, 20191 min read
Detained in Dubai, Radha Stirling on "hypocritical choice" of Nicki Minaj to perform in Saudi Arabia
Detained in Dubai’s Radha Stirling comments on “hypocritical choice” of Nicki Minaj to perform in Saudi Arabia, while women are treated...
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Detained in Dubai
Jun 24, 20192 min read
Asylum-seeking Saudi sisters summoned to police station; fear deportation to Saudi Arabia
Detained in Dubai CEO Radha Stirling issued the following statement on the ongoing case of Dua and Dalal Khalid, two Saudi sisters who...
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Detained in Dubai
Jan 16, 20199 min read
Radha Stirling talks Gulf policy on women’s rights after prominent escapes
Radha Stirling talks Gulf policy on women’s rights after prominent Sheikha Latifa & Rahaf Alqunun escapes During the last few years there...
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Detained in Dubai
Jan 7, 20193 min read
Radha Stirling: “World's commitment to women's rights tested in Rahaf Mohammed Alqunun case”
Saudi Arabia is attempting to force 18 year old Rahaf Mohammed Alqunun to return to the country after being apprehended in Thailand en...
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Detained in Dubai
Dec 29, 20172 min read
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, 20173 min read
Flaw in Dubai legal system leaving British visitors vulnerable.
- Asa Hutchinson case only the tip of the iceberg Asa Hutchinson. British woman currently fighting for her freedom in the United Arab...
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The Times
Dec 4, 20176 min read
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,...
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Detained in Dubai
Sep 12, 20173 min read
LGBT community's outcry at World Coffee Championship being held in Dubai.
- Organisers rethinking location. A statement from WCE that “Dubai was selected to host the Cezve/Ibrik Championship, World Brewers Cup,...
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Detained in Dubai
Aug 12, 20172 min read
International legal community’s outrage at plan to hold 2019 World Litigation Forum in Dubai
The WLF represents a broad spectrum of leaders in the field of litigation, and many more working in the wider legal fields. Among its...
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Detained in Dubai
Aug 5, 20172 min read
Brits’ release from Interpol detention nightmare secured, by tireless NGO: Detained In Dubai
A UK based NGO has secured the release of a British woman, who declines to be named, after a month under arrest in Italy, waiting to hear...
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