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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...
Detained in Dubai
May 6, 20214 min read
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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
Sarah Coble
Apr 17, 20212 min read
504 views
Detained in Dubai clients targeted by UAE hired Israeli intel firms
TEL AVIV (Monitoring desk): A report last week accusing a private Israeli intelligence firm of impersonating journalists in order to...
The Frontier Post
Apr 17, 20215 min read
146 views
RAK’s Volatile Dictatorship Unsafe for Investors
The spotlight of the international media, human rights organisations, and western governments often falls upon the UAE, particularly in...
Detained in Dubai
Apr 5, 20212 min read
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Etoum case proves blood is not thicker than politics in the Middle East
Radha Stirling, CEO of Detained in Dubai, issued the following statement: “The UAE jailed a Jordanian activist in February, with a...
Detained in Dubai
Apr 4, 20213 min read
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The King of Interpol Abuse
Handing out Interpol notices like his own personal business cards, Sheikh Saud bin Saqr Al Qasimi is described as “The King of Interpol...
Detained in Dubai
Feb 8, 20214 min read
476 views
Bangladesh court ordered shares belonging to Dr Massaad be transferred to RAKIA
Former advisor to RAK ruler Sheikh Saud bin Saqr Al Qasimi and CEO of RAKIA and RAK Ceramics, Dr Khater Massaad, has been the target of a...
Detained in Dubai
Feb 5, 20213 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
1,565 views
Khater Massaad warns investors: Sheikh uses 'forced confessions' to seize assets abroad
Described as the “golden boy of business in the Northern Emirates”, “the tile tycoon of RAK”, Gulf Business coverboy and multi award...
Detained in Dubai
Jan 20, 20215 min read
72 views
"Abu Dhabi needs to do something about Ras Al Khaimah"
Lawless Sheikh's unbridled acts against foreign nationals seriously undermining Abu Dhabi's efforts to recover economy - Swiss...
Detained in Dubai
Jan 19, 20214 min read
94 views
Caitlin McNamara sexual assault in the UAE
"32 year old Caitlin McNamara has spoken to media about her allegations of sexual harassment by Sheikh Nayan bin Mubarak Al Nayan
Detained in Dubai
Oct 18, 20203 min read
1,821 views
War hero Andy Neal jailed in Abu Dhabi finally returns home after being EXONERATED of drugs charges
UK veteran Andy Neal was arrested in Dubai in late 2018 on the basis of an informant. Despite there being no evidence of drugs in his...
Detained in Dubai
Mar 4, 20202 min read
974 views
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,...
Detained in Dubai
Aug 22, 20172 min read
149 views
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