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Is Liz Truss fit to be Prime Minister? The Gulf in Justice Podcast asks Brits detained abroad
Is Liz Truss fit to be Prime Minister? GULF IN JUSTICE PODCAST asks Brits detained abroad Gulf prisoners & human rights victims say “Liz...
Detained in Dubai
Jul 28, 20224 min read
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Good Morning Britain: Billy Hood BEATEN - with Radha Stirling, CEO of Detained in Dubai
Interview with mother Breda, brother Alex and Radha Stirling, CEO of Detained in Dubai #BillyHood #FreeBillyHood #UAE #AbuDhabi #Dubai...
Detained in Dubai
Feb 11, 20221 min read
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RAKIA CEO Dr Khater Massaad says Abu Dhabi needs to do something about Ras Al Khaimah
Dr Khater Massaad, former CEO of Ras Al Khaimah Investment Authority speaks out. Dr Massaad suggests that Abu Dhabi needs to restore...
Detained in Dubai
Jan 27, 20211 min read
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Fear in Dubai over Coronavirus prison outbreak
Coronavirus cases reported in several of Dubai’s detention facilities. State controlled media in the UAE can no longer conceal the extent...
Detained in Dubai
Apr 13, 20204 min read
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Briton Andy Neal acquitted in Abu Dhabi. ‘This case should have never happened’ Radha Stirling.
Andy Neal before his arrest British veteran Andrew Neal has been acquitted by an Abu Dhabi court of baseless drug charges after over a...
Detained in Dubai
Nov 12, 20193 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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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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UAE disregard for Canadian concerns over Gauthier case
UAE Minster of Foreign Affairs Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan meets Justin Trudeau It increasingly appears that the United Arab...
Detained in Dubai
Jun 12, 20193 min read
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Polish UAE prisoner Artur Ligęska released from Abu Dhabi central jail last week, tells of condition
Artur Ligęska suffered over a year of detention and a life sentence before ruler intervened Artur Ligęska, who had been sentenced to life...
Detained in Dubai
May 20, 20193 min read
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Dubai’s primitive justice system leaves fitness instructor jailed in “medievally cruel” prison witho
When Artur Ligęska went to the Federal Court in Abu Dhabi on January 28th ,2019, after 9 months in detention, he felt hopeful. He had...
Detained in Dubai
Feb 12, 20194 min read
1,695 views
Radha Stirling, CEO of Detained in Dubai, statement on the shock life sentencing of UK student Matth
Statement from Radha Stirling (CEO of Detained in Dubai): "The announcement that Matthew Hedges has been sentenced to life imprisonment...
Detained in Dubai
Nov 21, 20182 min read
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ARREST OF PAIR IN ABU DHABI SHOPPING MALL RAISES MORE QUESTIONS ABOUT FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION IN THE U
The recent news that two more foreigners have been arrested in The UAE for impersonating a woman will come as no surprise to many. The...
Detained in Dubai
Aug 23, 20173 min read
2,762 views
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