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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...
Detained in Dubai
Jun 1, 20183 min read
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...
Detained in Dubai
May 14, 20182 min read
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...
Detained in Dubai
May 8, 20183 min read
Detained in Dubai press conference regarding the case of Sheikha Latifa Al Maktoum
- held on Thursday 12th April 2018 The Detained in Dubai Press Conference to discuss the status, address the media and update the public...
Detained in Dubai
Apr 10, 20181 min read
Dubai bank raises Interpol Red Notice for bounced cheque leading to arrest of expat customer
- leading to arrest of expat customer now facing extradition proceedings in Europe. Dubai bank, during customer lead active negotiations,...
Detained in Dubai
Feb 18, 20183 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...
Detained in Dubai
Dec 29, 20172 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...
Detained in Dubai
Dec 17, 20173 min read
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...
Detained in Dubai
Dec 17, 20174 min read
UAE still ill treating detained Scotsman Billy Barclay, even after his return to the UK
Edinburgh father Billy Barclay made worldwide headlines in September this year when he was detained for months in Dubai over an alleged...
Detained in Dubai
Dec 17, 20173 min read
American stroke victim held hostage in UAE over debts
David, who has suffered a stroke since his detention started and also suffered a series of traumas in the Dubai jail system (including...
Detained in Dubai
Dec 17, 20172 min read
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...
Detained in Dubai
Dec 6, 20173 min read
Inside Detained In Dubai, the NGO representing Asa Hutchinson.....
Inside Detained In Dubai, the NGO representing Asa Hutchinson, and who secured the release from Dubai of Jamie Harron, Billy Barclay and...
Detained in Dubai
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,...
Detained in Dubai
Dec 4, 20176 min read
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...
Detained in Dubai
Nov 28, 20173 min read
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...
Detained in Dubai
Nov 27, 20176 min read
Scottish court denies UAE extradition request of Edinburgh bus driver following expert testimony
- given by Radha Stirling, CEO Detained in Dubai Detained in Dubai applauded Scotland’s decision today to refuse extradition of their...
Detained in Dubai
Nov 17, 20174 min read
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...
Detained in Dubai
Oct 21, 20172 min read
Jamil Ahmed Mukadam, 23 who was arrested allegedly making a rude gesture in traffic -
- has received his passport today and will fly home to England tonight. Jamil Mukadam telephoned Radha Stirling of Detained in Dubai who...
Detained in Dubai
Oct 11, 20172 min read
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...
Detained in Dubai
Oct 10, 20173 min read
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...
Detained in Dubai
Oct 8, 20173 min read
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