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Detained in Dubai

Feb 7, 20182 min read

UK based NGO Detained in Dubai celebrate 10 years of success

Ten years after forming Detained in Dubai to support foreign visitors and residents suffering human and civil rights abuses in the United...

Detained in Dubai

Feb 7, 20187 min read

American citizen facing 7 years in Dubai jail for using the word “bitch” on Instagram.

An American entrepreneur and former inspirational speaker who was trying to make a future for himself and his family in Dubai has fallen...

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Detained in Dubai

Jan 10, 20183 min read

Visitors to Dubai at “great risk” of being jailed under “cybercrime laws” that affect whatsapp etc

In the UAE, before you say anything online, you should consider whether or not you would be comfortable saying it in front of the police;...

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Detained in Dubai

Jan 8, 20185 min read

Brit Jonathan Castle one of thousands stuck in Dubai homelessness nightmare surviving on handouts be

Jonathan Castle, 59 was born in London but raised in Thurso, near Caithness in the far North of Scotland. He made the move to Dubai (like...

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Detained in Dubai

Jan 7, 20182 min read

Free! Perry Coppins, Brit cancer victim detained in Dubai freed after media campaign by British NGO

Perry Coppins, the 61 year old British national facing years in jail after being arrested for carrying what a customs official thought...

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Detained in Dubai

Jan 5, 20182 min read

Connor Clements, Brit jailed in Dubai for medical marijuana taken in UK

Connor Clements, a young British man who was arrested in the UAE for traces of medical marijuana that were left in his system after...

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Detained in Dubai

Jan 4, 20183 min read

61 year old British cancer victim jailed in Dubai for his prescription anxiety meds. Facing 4 year s

A 61 year old British man has been arrested in the United Arab Emirates for anti-anxiety medication that is legal in the UAE with...

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Detained in Dubai

Dec 27, 20173 min read

Family of Ras Al Khaimah prisoner Richard Lau just want him “home for Chinese New Year.” Investors c

Malaysian citizen Richard Lau has been detained in the UAE for almost a year for receiving his wages. He has been detained pending...

Detained in Dubai

Dec 17, 20174 min read

Malaysian government needs to support Richard Lau, imprisoned in UAE without charge for receiving hi

Richard’s lengthy detention without charge has shocked Malaysian and Chinese nationals who had felt that the UAE was a safe place to work...