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Breaking news, press releases and expert analysis on legal issues, wrongful detentions, and travel risks in the UAE and surrounding regions. Our press releases are reported on television, radio and print media across the world.
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Detained in Dubai
Jan 26, 20223 min read
Stirling calls for evacuation of British prisoners in UAE
The unthinkable is happening right now in the UAE. After decades as one of the few countries in the Arabian Gulf to not be targeted in...
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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
Jan 10, 20226 min read
BBC’s ‘Inside Dubai: Playground of the Rich’ will lead to human rights violations
The BBC Programme has gone out of its way to promote Dubai to tourists and investors in spite of serious human rights violations and...
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Detained in Dubai
Jan 5, 20221 min read
Gulf in Justice Podcast with Radha Stirling and the families of Billy Hood and Albert Douglas
Gulf in Justice host and Detained in Dubai CEO, Radha Stirling, updates us on the cases of Billy Hood and Albert Douglas, featuring Colin...
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Detained in Dubai
Dec 15, 20211 min read
GB News: Colin Brazier: Billy Hood Detained in Dubai for CBD vape oil gets 10 years.
Colin Brazier of GB News goes in depth on the case of Billy Hood who has had a 25 year prison sentence reduced to 10 years on appeal in...
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Detained in Dubai
Dec 9, 20214 min read
Xmas parties, omicron overshadowing progress
Strengthening alliances with the UAE and China while the UK remains preoccupied with Covid 'variants' and Xmas scandals. For two years,...
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Detained in Dubai
Dec 8, 20215 min read
Dubai Prisoners Slam Foreign Office
Politicians and families put FCDO under fire in tomorrow's debate. Billy Hood’s heartbroken mother, Breda Guckion, has expressed her...
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Detained in Dubai
Dec 7, 20216 min read
Parliamentary Debate - Should the FCDO increase travel warnings to British citizens heading to Dubai
Press Release: Parliamentary Debate: Should the FCDO increase travel warnings to British citizens heading to Dubai: 9th of December 2021...
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Detained in Dubai
Nov 30, 20213 min read
Press Release: Billy Hood Appeal
Abu Dhabi Courts accept Billy Hood did not traffic nor sell the CBD vape oil left in his car by a visiting friend. They accept that he...
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Detained in Dubai
Nov 12, 20214 min read
British grandfather jailed in Dubai for crimes he claims he didn’t commit
Says he has witnessed suicides and rape by inmates and been forced to drink from communal toilet. Albert Douglas, 60, from London...
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Detained in Dubai
Nov 12, 20214 min read
Dubai’s Deadly Cops: Lee Bradley Brown Inquest 2022
While Ryan Reynolds and various other celebrities take money from Dubai to promote this year’s expo, the more sinister side of the...
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Detained in Dubai
Nov 11, 20213 min read
MY PRISON HELL I’m trapped in hellhole Dubai jail for crime I didn’t commit
AN INNOCENT British grandad has revealed the horrors from inside a hellhole prison in the UAE where he is trapped for a crime he claims...
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Detained in Dubai
Oct 26, 20213 min read
“Sheikh Mohammed - Save my husband
Naomi Douglas has sent a desperate plea and clemency request to Sheikh Mohammed Al Maktoum, begging him to be merciful upon her husband...
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Detained in Dubai
Oct 20, 20213 min read
Dubai Expo, UAE influence puts Britons at risk
“The United Arab Emirates is going to be pumping roughly £11 billion into the UK over the next five years through the Sovereign...
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Detained in Dubai
Oct 19, 20212 min read
Billy Hood to remain in prison for further six weeks says Abu Dhabi court
Detained in Dubai CEO, Radha Stirling, has confirmed in a Gulf in Justice Podcast announcement that Billy Hood will need to report to...
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Detained in Dubai
Oct 18, 20213 min read
Lawyers mount vigorous defence in Billy Hood appeal
Appeal court to review evidence in Billy Hood case in Abu Dhabi tomorrow. Billy Hood, a 24 year old footballer, is about to find out...
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Detained in Dubai
Oct 18, 20213 min read
Channel 7 TV - covering William Meyerhoff's release from Dubai, Albert Douglas & Detained in Dubai
72 year old great grandfather William Meyerhoff was arrested en route to Australia over bounced cheque allegations from a company he...
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Detained in Dubai
Oct 17, 20214 min read
Dubai authorities pledge to release British great grandfather
72 year old great grandfather William Meyerhoff was arrested en route to Australia over bounced cheque allegations from a company he...
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Detained in Dubai
Oct 16, 20211 min read
Protestors head to Parliament Square for Billy Hood
Join Billy's friends and supporters today, calling on the British government to help Billy come home. Radha Stirling, CEO of Detained in...
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Detained in Dubai
Oct 16, 20216 min read
72 year old British / Australian detained in Dubai at “death’s door”
A frail 72 year old retired great grandfather is a “pack of bones” after being ripped from a flight home to Australia to be reunited with...
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