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Jailed footballer Billy Hood ‘is BEATEN by Dubai prison guards during Prince William UAE visit
A CAGED Brit footballer was violently beaten in a Dubai prison the very same day Prince William was visiting the country, it was claimed...
Detained in Dubai
Feb 11, 20222 min read
Billy Hood BEATEN by UAE prison guards during Prince William “official” visit
Billy Hood BEATEN by UAE prison guards during Prince William “official” visit During an official diplomatic visit between Prince William...
Detained in Dubai
Feb 10, 20224 min read
“UK’s Top Diplomatic Priority” - UAE’s Torture of British Citizen, Albert Douglas
“UK’s Top Diplomatic Priority” - UAE’s Torture of British Citizen, Albert Douglas The British Government now consider tortured Brit...
Detained in Dubai
Feb 7, 20225 min read
'I may never see my husband again': Wife of ailing British businessman
Ryan Cornelius is locked in Dubai jail over banking fraud, his wife says he has been condemned to die behind bars because he cannot repay...
Detained in Dubai
Jan 28, 202210 min read
US Veteran Stuck in Prison After Dubai “loses passport”
Afghanistan veteran and PTSD sufferer, Shannon Johnston, held in Dubai debtors prison because authorities “lost his passport”. “My father...
Detained in Dubai
Jan 27, 20222 min read
Stirling calls for evacuation of British prisoners in UAE
The unthinkable is happening right now in the UAE. After decades as one of the few countries in the Arabian Gulf to not be targeted in...
Detained in Dubai
Jan 26, 20223 min read
Today: Abu Dhabi prison shakes as prisoners on frontline of drone strikes
Today: Abu Dhabi prison shakes as prisoners on frontline of drone strikes Reports from Abu Dhabi prison confirm the building was...
Detained in Dubai
Jan 25, 20222 min read
New Dubai Drug Laws for Billy Hood
2021 saw the arrest of Peter Clark and Billy Hood. Peter was arrested for “possession” when his blood tests returned positive for hashish...
Detained in Dubai
Jan 24, 20222 min read
14 Years: Detained in Dubai
“It is such an honour to be approaching a decade and a half of service”, said Radha Stirling, the organisation’s founder, who has faced...
Detained in Dubai
Jan 20, 202212 min read
UAE agent pleads guilty over US election meddling
The government of the UAE has a problem following the rules. It is almost as if they object to the very concept of the rule of law....
Detained in Dubai
Jan 18, 20226 min read
Spanish pilot left traumatised after CID abduction from Dubai Expo
A Spanish pilot has spoken about his traumatic experience after being detained in Dubai when visiting the World Expo Santi Blánquez was...
Detained in Dubai
Jan 14, 20222 min read
BBC’s ‘Inside Dubai: Playground of the Rich’ will lead to human rights violations
The BBC Programme has gone out of its way to promote Dubai to tourists and investors in spite of serious human rights violations and...
Detained in Dubai
Jan 10, 20226 min read
Gulf in Justice Podcast with Radha Stirling and the families of Billy Hood and Albert Douglas
Gulf in Justice host and Detained in Dubai CEO, Radha Stirling, updates us on the cases of Billy Hood and Albert Douglas, featuring Colin...
Detained in Dubai
Jan 5, 20221 min read
Happy New Year
Stay Free & Be Free this 2022 - Happy New Year! We are delighted to wish you all a Happy New Year and our best wishes, luck and blessings...
Detained in Dubai
Dec 31, 20211 min read
British - Australian grandfather FREED from Dubai
William Meyerhoff, a British/Australian grandfather with dementia, has been freed from Dubai prison after support from Detained in Dubai....
Detained in Dubai
Dec 30, 20213 min read
China and the UAE: The Long Game
The unipolar world that formed in the early 1990s after the collapse of the Soviet Union, in which the United States reigned as the...
Detained in Dubai
Dec 16, 20215 min read
"The Dubai Debt Trap" - The Economist, Dec 2021
Ryan Cornelius hadn’t even intended to set foot outside Dubai airport. When he boarded a flight from Karachi on May 21st 2008, he planned...
Detained in Dubai
Dec 16, 202128 min read
Noof Al-Maadeed Focus on Qatar human rights after girl goes missing
The 23 year old women’s rights activist was living in exile in Cardiff when she agreed to return to Qatar after authorities promised she...
Detained in Dubai
Dec 15, 20214 min read
GB News: Colin Brazier: Billy Hood Detained in Dubai for CBD vape oil gets 10 years.
Colin Brazier of GB News goes in depth on the case of Billy Hood who has had a 25 year prison sentence reduced to 10 years on appeal in...
Detained in Dubai
Dec 15, 20211 min read
Xmas parties, omicron overshadowing progress
Strengthening alliances with the UAE and China while the UK remains preoccupied with Covid 'variants' and Xmas scandals. For two years,...
Detained in Dubai
Dec 9, 20214 min read
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