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New Gulf in Justice Podcast Episode - Joseph Sarlak, Australian jailed in Doha by Qatari Royal
In this new episode, Radha Stirling interviews for the first time, Australian national Joe Sarlak, who has been detained in Doha for many...
Detained in Dubai
Dec 4, 20202 min read
Radha Stirling discusses Karim Ennarah, detained in Cairo Free Speech, Cancel Culture & Censorship
A British woman is lobbying for the release of her new husband, Karim Ennarah who was arrested while on a Red Sea holiday with friends,...
Detained in Dubai
Dec 2, 20201 min read
Banks in the UAE are judge, jury, and jailer
In May of 2018, British national Ryan Cornelius was coming to the end of a 10 year prison sentence in Dubai when he was unexpectedly...
Detained in Dubai
Nov 30, 20205 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
Kosher hotels and authoritarianism
Israelis see attraction in easy UAE travel, but some have concerns JERUSALEM (JTA) — Chevy Fleischman and a friend travel far from their...
Detained in Dubai
Nov 24, 20205 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
Will Changes In Harsh Laws Recharge United Arab Emirates As A Business And Tourist Destination?
Emirates Airbus A380 shown landing at London Heathrow International Airport LHR / EGLL in England, NURPHOTO VIA GETTY IMAGES. Change is...
Detained in Dubai
Nov 11, 20201 min read
Dubai relaxes Islamic laws but is the city safe for foreigners?
The UAE has announced a number of reforms but what does this mean in reality? Is Dubai safe? Radha Stirling, founder of 13 year old...
Detained in Dubai
Nov 8, 20203 min read
Scottish grandfather hostage in Dubai returns home
Malcolm David Faren, 63, from Dundee had been held as a debt hostage in Dubai. After being penniless and homeless in the UAE, Detained...
Detained in Dubai
Nov 7, 20202 min read
“You will go to prison if you don’t pay” - Students detained over rental car extortion scam
Detained in Dubai calls on the UK government to intervene in outrageous abuse of young students facing prosecution after a run in with Dubai
Detained in Dubai
Oct 22, 20205 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
Second victim sues UK lawyers Dechert’s Neil Gerrard for UAE human rights abuses
Jihad Quzma, former legal advisor to Sheikh Saud bin Saqr Al Qasimi, sues Dechert for UAE human rights violatons
Detained in Dubai
Oct 15, 20204 min read
Former Leeds United chief David Haigh declared bankrupt and could face jail
Former Leeds United chief David Haigh declared bankrupt and could face jail if he does not disclose what he did with money stolen from...
Detained in Dubai
Aug 18, 20202 min read
Woman unjustly detained in UAE finally freed after UN complaint, now at home on coronavirus lockdown
After two and a half years behind bars in Sharjah’s infamous central prison, 58 year old Indian woman, Mary D’Souza, has finally been...
Detained in Dubai
Aug 15, 20202 min read
Family of Emirates air hostess appeals to Dubai ruler Sheikh Mohammed to help detained 23 year old,
In a compassionate appeal to the ruler of Dubai, HH Sheikh Mohammed Al Maktoum, Danielle Crawford reveals their family’s trauma over her...
Detained in Dubai
Jul 9, 20204 min read
Duped migrant workers face modern day slavery in Qatar
Qatar offers up Asian and African workers like real life slaves. It is a kin to human trafficking when someone like Jonnadula agrees to...
Detained in Dubai
Jun 13, 20203 min read
Stirling: Qatar’s UK business holdings should support wrongfully detained expats
Due Process International CEO identifies Qatar investments in UK as possible impediment to govt intervention for citizens detained in...
Detained in Dubai
Jun 1, 20203 min read
UK Grandfather and former bodyguard/driver to the royal family and top UK politicians, jailed
He has been stuck there for 5 years, unable to leave, unable to earn money, facing homelessness with a severely injured leg after a recent,
Detained in Dubai
Apr 1, 20206 min read
Foreign office urged to save desperate Brits stranded in Dubai
FCO urged to negotiate repatriation flights from UAE that could save British lives Patrick Moody, British Ambassador to UAE “Countless...
Detained in Dubai
Mar 31, 20202 min read
Indian expats told to leave UAE ahead of Coronavirus economic crisis
- Radha Stirling, CEO of Detained in Dubai Detained in Dubai’s Radha Stirling issued stern warning to Indian businessmen to leave UAE...
Detained in Dubai
Mar 31, 20203 min read
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