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Detained in Dubai
Mar 21, 20226 min read
'Foreign Office Fails Brits Detained Abroad' Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe latest to criticise FCDO
Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe is the latest Brit to criticise Foreign Office for their incompetency and dwindling diplomatic influence in the...
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Detained in Dubai
Jan 20, 202212 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...
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Detained in Dubai
Nov 11, 20215 min read
Detained in Dubai: The Scammer’s Gold Mine — People Search — Socialcatfish.com
On the morning of October 4, 2021, our story prospector’s phone screen lit up with a Gmail notification. It was from a woman named Yvette...
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Detained in Dubai
Sep 20, 20215 min read
Radha Stirling - Inspiring Business Leader 2021 Feature
The man’s voice was shaking on the telephone, “I’ve just been held at the airport, they say it is on an Interpol Red Notice from the UAE,...
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Detained in Dubai
Sep 17, 20213 min read
European Parliament votes to boycott UAE Expo due to human rights issues
Our organisation has consistently highlighted the systematic human rights abuses of the United Arab Emirates for more than a decade. The...
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Detained in Dubai
Aug 9, 20212 min read
Princess Latifa photo campaign continues in Iceland
Princess Latifa photo campaign continues in Iceland Sioned Taylor, who has been working for the Dubai royals for a number of years, has...
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Detained in Dubai
Jul 31, 20211 min read
Danielle Jeffries thanks Radha Stirling following return to Miami from Dubai
"My name is Danielle Jeffries. Thankfully, Radha Stirling of Detained in Dubai generated media coverage for my case, which was then...
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Detained in Dubai
Jul 30, 20213 min read
FBI role in Nostromo attack & Princess Latifa abduction deflected by White House press secretary
FBI involvement in attack on US flagged yacht in international waters, deflected by White House press secretary Jen Psaki. Victims of...
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Detained in Dubai
Jul 7, 20213 min read
USA Today says FBI helped Dubai capture princess
USA today issued a report that the FBI assisted Dubai to capture Princess Latifa, US citizen Hervé Jaubert and his crew, from his US...
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Detained in Dubai
May 31, 20214 min read
Baroness and MP call for increased travel warnings to UAE and Sanctions
Baroness Janet Whitaker and Andy Slaughter, MP have called on Rt Hon. Dominic Raab, MP to increase FCO travel warnings to the UAE, as...
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Guy Adams
May 28, 20218 min read
Evil under the Dubai sun: Beneath the glamorous façade
Evil under the Dubai sun: Beneath the glamorous façade beloved of celebrity influencers and British holidaymakers, Dubai has a dark...
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INews
May 24, 20215 min read
Princess Latifa: Kidnapped royal reportedly in fresh photos allowed ‘limited freedom’....
Princess Latifa: Kidnapped royal reportedly in fresh photos allowed ‘limited freedom’ in recent weeks Human rights lawyer Radha Stirling...
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Detained in Dubai
May 23, 20212 min read
Latifa photographed at Dubai mall with British skydiver
A photo of Princess Latifa has been circulated on Instagram by skydiving instructor, ironman triathlete and former Royal Navy member...
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Detained in Dubai
May 5, 20214 min read
INTERPOL - ‘Urgent reform needed to prevent human rights abuses’, leading expert says
INTERPOL - ‘Urgent reform needed to prevent human rights abuses’, leading expert says “The international crime information sharing agency...
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Sarah Coble
Apr 17, 20212 min read
UAE Drops Cybercrime Charges Against American Who Insulted Vengeful Ex by Email
An American who faced two years in a United Arab Emirates prison for calling her ex a "dirty animal" in an email has been released without c
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Detained in Dubai
Apr 6, 20212 min read
Calls for Sheikh Mohammed to save Russian cancer victim’s life.
Radha Stirling, CEO of Detained in Dubai has written a letter to Dubai’s ruler, Sheikh Mohammed Al Maktoum, enclosing a heart breaking...
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Detained in Dubai
Mar 30, 20213 min read
United Nations Complaints for wrongful imprisonment, arbitrary detention and human rights violations
The United Nations in its own right, may not have the influence or power to secure the freedom of a person who has been kidnapped or...
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Detained in Dubai
Mar 26, 20213 min read
Desperate Russian cancer victim held hostage in Dubai over debt.
Bika, 49 and a 25 year resident of Dubai decided to open a bakery in JBR, an upmarket area in Dubai. Bika, originally from Dagestan in...
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Detained in Dubai
Mar 18, 20213 min read
“Princess Latifa’s yacht located using friend’s phone” - Hervé Jaubert
US/French spy Hervé Jaubert says he advocates for a quiet diplomatic resolution for Latifa, concerned that the latest videos put her in...
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India Today
Mar 18, 20214 min read
Phone tracking spyware likely used to capture Dubai princess, claims former aid
Former French Naval officer Hervé Jaubert, who planned and executed Dubai’s princess Latifa’s failed escape plan three years ago, has...
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