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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
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
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
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
Parents of Scot held in Dubai for brushing past man in bar speak out
The parents of Jamie Harron, the Scotsman arrested in Dubai for accidentally touching another man’s hip while trying to avoid bumping...
Detained in Dubai
Oct 7, 20173 min read
Brit facing 3 years jail in Dubai for "public indecency"
Following the recent, frightening arrest and detainment of British family man Billy Barclay, another Scot, Jamie Harron has also fallen...
Detained in Dubai
Oct 5, 20175 min read
Dangerous UK FCO advice to Billy Barclay could have left him stuck in UAE indefinitely.
Billy Barclay, the Edinburgh man accused of passing a forged £20 note while on holiday in the UAE, and his family told Radha Stirling,...
Detained in Dubai
Oct 4, 20172 min read
Scottish family man Billy Barclay, accused of passing fake banknote, set to be released from UAE
Scottish family man Billy Barclay is set to be released from UAE this evening after his ordeal involving a fake £20 note. Radha Stirling,...
Detained in Dubai
Oct 3, 20171 min read
Expats advised: Prepare properly if forced to leave debts in the UAE.
It is one of the enduring legends of Dubai. Supercars left behind at the airport to gather dust as high flying expats’ debt suddenly...
Detained in Dubai
Sep 18, 20174 min read
Legal professionals call for UK-UAE extradition treaty to be suspended
Legal professionals, led by human rights NGO Detained In Dubai, are calling for the UK-UAE Extradition Treaty to be suspended after...
Detained in Dubai
Sep 17, 20174 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,...
Detained in Dubai
Sep 12, 20173 min read
Trapped as Dubai dream goes sour. Brits stuck in homelessness nightmare surviving on handouts.
Steven C is in his late 50s. Born in London but raised in the far North of Scotland, he made the move to Dubai in 2002 lured by high,...
Detained in Dubai
Sep 10, 20174 min read
Dubai expat business community anxious over theft of foreign investments
Influential Emiratis have cheated expats out of their businesses, cash and assets by falsifying criminal charges and even having them...
Detained in Dubai
Sep 4, 20173 min read
German medical professional warns: “Dubai healthcare industry puts profits before patients.”
Dr WA a highly respected German neurosurgeon, along with US, UAE and UK medical colleagues is concerned that The UAE is not meeting...
Detained in Dubai
Sep 4, 20173 min read
Edinburgh bus driver faces extradition to UAE for helping his daughter escape troubled marriage
Bus driver Mr Black was forced to flee the UAE to support his daughter when her marriage to a local man became unbearable. He left his...
Detained in Dubai
Aug 27, 20172 min read
Jail for cross dressers in Abu Dhabi ignites worldwide LGTB support
The story of 2 Singaporeans sentenced to 1 year in prison for cross dressing and public indecency was published in gay news and social...
Detained in Dubai
Aug 22, 20171 min read
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