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WITH INTERPOL'S HELP, FORMER BEAUTY QUEEN MAY BE IRAN'S NEXT POLITICAL PRISONER
Former Iranian beauty queen Bahareh Zare Bahari is seeking asylum in the Philippines after being detained in an airport in Manila for...
Detained in Dubai
Oct 28, 20192 min read
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Stirling to lobby AFP on Interpol Reforms following Hakeem Alaraibi blunder
Interpol under spotlight for human rights violations over abusive notices AFP to receive reform advice from Australian Interpol expert...
Detained in Dubai
Oct 27, 20192 min read
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Top INTERPOL abuser Turkey to host next meeting
Interpol under spotlight for human rights violations over abusive notices The announcement that Turkey will host the 2021 Interpol...
Detained in Dubai
Oct 27, 20192 min read
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Risks remain after Dubai announces new rules on alcohol
After years of confusion and mixed signals over the official policy on alcohol, Dubai has announced new measures that claim to both...
Detained in Dubai
Oct 25, 20192 min read
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Abusive HSBC Red Notice against British national revoked by Interpol
When British citizen Robert Urwin was stopped in the Ukraine on an Interpol Red Notice, he thought it had to be a mistake. Subsequently...
Detained in Dubai
Oct 22, 20194 min read
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“New UK “crackdown” on Interpol arrest procedures endangers human rights” - Radha Stirling
Government to announce crackdown on foreign criminals as part of hardline new measures included in Queen’s Speech It was announced today...
Detained in Dubai
Oct 14, 20192 min read
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UAE bank’s Interpol Abuse raised at UK Parliament after Brit’s 12 month long ordeal
Emma Lewell-Buck MP raises Interpol Abuse in UK Parliament Emma Lewell-Buck MP was the first to raise at Parliament level, serious issues...
Detained in Dubai
Oct 9, 20193 min read
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Recording sent to Radha Stirling the day before Princess Latifa was captured reveals a woman determi
Latifa's final WhatsApp exchanges after her escape from Dubai From onboard Nostromo, after Latifa’s daring escape from Dubai, she...
Detained in Dubai
Sep 24, 20194 min read
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Emirati jockey who promised to drop charges against American mother & horse bite victim, lodges
Anoud Al Suwaidi (left) takes additional charges against Nichole Coffel (right) US mother of 3 Nichole Coffel, from Missouri, who was...
Detained in Dubai
Sep 19, 20193 min read
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Stirling: Gulf States’ wrongful detentions must be raised to the United Nations
United Nations Arbitrary detention and wrongful convictions occur every day in the Gulf States. Sub-standard investigatory and...
Detained in Dubai
Sep 17, 20193 min read
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Canadian whistleblower Andre Gauthier remains in prison as evidence mounts against alleged career sc
Left: Victim Andre Gauthier. Right "fraudster" Mohammed Al Haj While Canadian citizen Andre Gauthier sits in a Dubai jail, inexplicably...
Detained in Dubai
Sep 13, 20193 min read
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American told to prove she did not violate Cybercrime laws in Abu Dhabi
(Left) Anoud Sultan Al Suwaidi. Accused of creating false cybercrime charges to avoid paying American mother of 3 Traci Nichole Coffel...
Detained in Dubai
Sep 5, 20192 min read
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Missouri mother & horse bite victim faces 5 years in UAE jail for requesting unpaid wages
Animal rescue volunteer Nichole Coffel faces 5 years in Abu Dhabi prison Missouri mother of 3, Traci Nichole Coffel (Nichole), is facing...
Detained in Dubai
Aug 25, 20194 min read
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Radha Stirling comments on the apparent protest by The 1975’s singer Matthew Healy
1975s singer Matthew Healy. LGTBQ "protest" Radha Stirling comments on the apparent protest by The 1975’s singer Matthew Healy against...
Detained in Dubai
Aug 16, 20192 min read
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Brit/Australian detained in Prague, faces extradition to Qatar after Interpol Red Notice for credit
Alan Stephenson. Jailed in hellish conditions over late credit card payment Since the beginning of June, British-Australian national Alan...
Detained in Dubai
Aug 8, 20194 min read
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Amnesty International joins Detained in Dubai in effort to free Australian Jo Sarlak, held in Qatar
Amnesty joins fight for Australian’s freedom Elderly Australian citizen Joseph Sarlak should have been home a long time ago. Instead,...
Detained in Dubai
Aug 5, 20193 min read
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Is Canadian whistleblower Andre Gauthier being made a scapegoat for Gold AE scandal?
André Gauthier The UAE does not like whistleblowers; and it seems Canada doesn’t either. Canadian national Andre Gauthier discovered that...
Detained in Dubai
Jul 31, 20193 min read
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Unprecedented custody hearing of UAE royals set to begin in UK court
The first hearing in the case of Princess Haya and Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Princess of Jordan and Ruler of Dubai,...
Detained in Dubai
Jul 24, 20192 min read
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Spotlight on Qatar human rights: "Australian govt. may face lawsuit for wrongful death of Jose
Joseph Sarlak at risk of death in custody as AU govt. fails to intervene on his behalf Spotlight on Qatar human rights: “69 yr old...
Detained in Dubai
Jul 15, 20193 min read
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“Disappointment” over Trudeau administration's progress in André Gauthier case
André Gauthier case delayed further, as Detained in Dubai investigates the Gold AE fraud in finer detail.
Detained in Dubai
Jul 11, 20194 min read
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