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Richard Lau release from 10 months of detention without charge imminent
Richard Lau, Malaysian national detained without charge for almost a year is due for imminent release, following intervention from...
Detained in Dubai
Feb 15, 20182 min read
UAE legal abuse and wrongful convictions in absentia, Interpol and licensing repercussions
The dangers of investing and doing business in Dubai have been published worldwide, particularly since the country itself essentially...
Detained in Dubai
Feb 7, 20185 min read
Distraught father pleas for IBM exec to drop charges against innocent daughter Asa Hutchinson
Asa Hutchinson, the young British woman possibly facing years in prison in Dubai for “witnessing someone else’s crime”, was discussed on...
Detained in Dubai
Feb 7, 20183 min read
French national Reda Boulahdid and wife tell of blackmail ordeal by UAE customs officials
Mr. Boulahdid who is represented by UK legal group Detained in Dubai, says that his nightmare began with what he thought was a joke. A...
Detained in Dubai
Feb 7, 20184 min read
UK based NGO Detained in Dubai celebrate 10 years of success
Ten years after forming Detained in Dubai to support foreign visitors and residents suffering human and civil rights abuses in the United...
Detained in Dubai
Feb 7, 20182 min read
American citizen facing 7 years in Dubai jail for using the word “bitch” on Instagram.
An American entrepreneur and former inspirational speaker who was trying to make a future for himself and his family in Dubai has fallen...
Detained in Dubai
Feb 7, 20187 min read
Visitors to Dubai at “great risk” of being jailed under “cybercrime laws” that affect whatsapp etc
In the UAE, before you say anything online, you should consider whether or not you would be comfortable saying it in front of the police;...
Detained in Dubai
Jan 10, 20183 min read
Brit Jonathan Castle one of thousands stuck in Dubai homelessness nightmare surviving on handouts be
Jonathan Castle, 59 was born in London but raised in Thurso, near Caithness in the far North of Scotland. He made the move to Dubai (like...
Detained in Dubai
Jan 8, 20185 min read
Free! Perry Coppins, Brit cancer victim detained in Dubai freed after media campaign by British NGO
Perry Coppins, the 61 year old British national facing years in jail after being arrested for carrying what a customs official thought...
Detained in Dubai
Jan 7, 20182 min read
Connor Clements, Brit jailed in Dubai for medical marijuana taken in UK
Connor Clements, a young British man who was arrested in the UAE for traces of medical marijuana that were left in his system after...
Detained in Dubai
Jan 5, 20182 min read
61 year old British cancer victim jailed in Dubai for his prescription anxiety meds. Facing 4 year s
A 61 year old British man has been arrested in the United Arab Emirates for anti-anxiety medication that is legal in the UAE with...
Detained in Dubai
Jan 4, 20183 min read
BRIT JONATHAN NASH FACES LIFE IN QATAR PRISON FOR BOUNCED CHEQUES
If someone was given a 37 years prison sentence in Europe or the UK you’d expect them to be a violent criminal. This is not the case in...
Detained in Dubai
Jan 4, 20185 min read
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