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Breaking news, press releases and expert analysis on legal issues, wrongful detentions, and travel risks in the UAE and surrounding regions. Our press releases are reported on television, radio and print media across the world.
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“Princess Latifa’s yacht located using friend’s phone” - Hervé Jaubert
US/French spy Hervé Jaubert says he advocates for a quiet diplomatic resolution for Latifa, concerned that the latest videos put her in...
Detained in Dubai
Mar 18, 20213 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...
Detained in Dubai
Mar 18, 20214 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...
Detained in Dubai
Feb 16, 20219 min read
Daniel Rivera of Skyline International Free Speech organisation, live with Radha Stirling
Free speech organisation Skyline, talks with Radha Stirling on censorship, cybercrime laws, big tech and governmental attacks on human...
Detained in Dubai
Feb 2, 20211 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...
Detained in Dubai
Dec 29, 20201 min read
Will new peace deals help Miami woman detained in Dubai?
Miami accountant, Danielle Jeffries, 58, had hoped she’d be home this Christmas to see her 93 year old mother who had just survived...
Detained in Dubai
Dec 27, 20203 min read
Radha Stirling in depth with Revive FM - Israel peace deals, Princess Latifa & Middle East
Middle East Civil and Criminal Justice Expert Radha Stirling, talks with lawyer and host Ali Fateh on London's Revive FM. The Detained in...
Detained in Dubai
Nov 27, 20201 min read
Meet our CEO, Radha Stirling.
Meet our CEO, Radha Stirling. Stirling founded the organisation in 2008 in response to ever increasing requests to help people who faced...
Detained in Dubai
Nov 17, 20201 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
Detained in Dubai
Oct 18, 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...
Detained in Dubai
Sep 10, 20203 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
Detained in Dubai
Mar 8, 20201 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...
Detained in Dubai
Mar 5, 20204 min read
Radha Stirling, appointed by Latifa before her abduction, responds to British court ruling
Princess Latifa called on Radha Stirling, CEO of Detained in Dubai from onboard the vessel she escaped on with spy Hervé Jaubert to help...
Detained in Dubai
Mar 5, 20204 min read
Princess Latifa Safety Central to Princess Haya’s Custody Case says QC
Sheikh Mohammed has applied to the English High Court for custody of his two children from Jordanian wife Princess Haya after their...
Detained in Dubai
Aug 5, 20193 min read
Detained in Dubai appoints QC John Cooper in Princess Latifa case
Acting as Sheikha Latifa Al Maktoum’s legal representatives, Detained in Dubai and Captain Hervé Jaubert have instructed internationally...
Detained in Dubai
Jul 31, 20193 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...
Detained in Dubai
Jul 5, 20191 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...
Detained in Dubai
Jun 24, 20192 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...
Detained in Dubai
Jan 16, 20199 min read
Calls for Dubai LitFest Boycott over free speech & human rights concerns
- Mary Robinson announces withdrawal Calls for Dubai LitFest Boycott over free speech concerns Dubai will hold its annual literary...
Detained in Dubai
Jan 15, 20193 min read
US citizen missing, while INDIAN INTELLIGENCE CLAIMS:
“Sheikha Latifa is alive and has been taken back to Dubai” American national Jean-Pierre Hervé Jaubert missing from US registered vessel...
Detained in Dubai
Dec 6, 20185 min read
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