Sexuality

Talk TV: Radha Stirling & Daisy McAndrew talk Qatar World Cup and human rights issues

Detained in Dubai

Nov 24, 20221 min read

Talk TV: Radha Stirling & Daisy McAndrew talk Qatar World Cup and human rights issues

When Qatar insisted on hosting the World Cup, people's love of soccer again surpassed their disapproval of dictators, corruption, and...

28 views0 comments

UAE is becoming increasingly hostile to the LGBTQ community

Detained in Dubai

Oct 3, 20224 min read

UAE is becoming increasingly hostile to the LGBTQ community

Queers have so far managed to live in the Gulf state by keeping a low profile. But UAE’s new crackdown on the LGBTQ community might...

151 views5 comments

Detained in Dubai

Sep 16, 20213 min read

Arrested for cross-dressing in Dubai

A transgender woman was arrested in Dubai last week, accused of cross-dressing. She was thrown into a male prison and deprived of access...

1,162 views2 comments

Women who posed naked on balcony in Dubai ‘could be jailed for two years’

Metro

Apr 5, 20213 min read

Women who posed naked on balcony in Dubai ‘could be jailed for two years’

A group of young women who appeared naked for a ‘brazen’ daylight shoot on a balcony in Dubai could face sentences of up two years in...

327 views0 comments

Detained in Dubai

Apr 4, 20212 min read

Group detained in Dubai for sharing naked video

A group of people have been rounded up by Dubai police after sharing videos on social media showing naked women posing on a balcony. The...

210 views0 comments

Radha Stirling discusses Karim Ennarah, detained in Cairo Free Speech, Cancel Culture & Censorship

Detained in Dubai

Dec 2, 20201 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,...

19 views0 comments

Detained in Dubai

Dec 4, 20176 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...

21 views0 comments

LGBT community's outcry at World Coffee Championship being held in Dubai.

Detained in Dubai

Sep 12, 20173 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,...

34 views0 comments

Fears for safety of "feminine looking" man and transsexual friend arrested in Dubai shopping mall

Detained in Dubai

Aug 21, 20172 min read

Fears for safety of "feminine looking" man and transsexual friend arrested in Dubai shopping mall

On August 9th, two Singaporean Nationals were arrested in Abu Dhabi for “looking feminine", both were charged with a criminal offence,...

138 views0 comments

Interview with Farzan Athari: Swedish Iranian Male Model, TV Host who sang his way out of prison

Radha Stirling

Jan 29, 20166 min read

Interview with Farzan Athari: Swedish Iranian Male Model, TV Host who sang his way out of prison

Farzan Athari speaks with Detained in Dubai, following his release from Dubai Central Jail... Background Information Farzan Athari was...

324 views0 comments

Press Release: UK Courts Rule Today Against UAE's Application to Extradite Michael Halliday

Detained in Dubai

Dec 22, 20152 min read

Press Release: UK Courts Rule Today Against UAE's Application to Extradite Michael Halliday

This afternoon, the Westminster Magistrates Court ruled against the UAE's Application to Extradite Michael Halliday who had been accused...

93 views0 comments