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Brit Charged under UAE Cybercrime Laws for Publishing a Court Order on LinkedIn
Expat Entrepreneurs left in ruin by Dubai companies who never pay are then charged under Cybercrime laws for publishing court orders. A...
Detained in Dubai
Feb 21, 20224 min read
742 views
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...
Detained in Dubai
Oct 18, 20213 min read
142 views
US veteran JAILED in Dubai 'hell hole' over bank debts will never be allowed to leave
Afghanistan soldier with PTSD jailed in Abu Dhabi, reveals hellish prison conditions A 44 year old PTSD sufferer and Afghanistan veteran...
Detained in Dubai
Sep 29, 20215 min read
1,613 views
Family's desperate plea to save grandfather Albert from 'totally inhumane' Dubai jail
A family is appealing for a grandfather to be released from a Dubai jail after he was imprisoned following the downfall of his son's...
LincolnshireLive
May 17, 20213 min read
139 views
Breaking News - ANOTHER Dubai Rental Car Extortion SCAM
As if James Dua-Wiafi and Stanley Kundishora’s widely reported ordeal wasn’t sufficient warning, a THIRD Londoner has just fallen prey to...
Detained in Dubai
Jan 14, 20213 min read
1,214 views
Israelis sold the elusive “Dubai dream” could be walking into a nightmare - Gulf in Justice Podcast
Gulf in Justice Podcast reveals Israelis keen to do business with the UAE might be jumping in the deep end, risking their reputations and...
Detained in Dubai
Dec 21, 20204 min read
99 views
Don’t ignore Dubai’s UK debt collectors
It may be tempting to ignore UK based debt collection firms acting on behalf of UAE banks. This is why you should never do so: UAE banks...
Detained in Dubai
Dec 21, 20202 min read
775 views
New Gulf in Justice Podcast Episode - Joseph Sarlak, Australian jailed in Doha by Qatari Royal
In this new episode, Radha Stirling interviews for the first time, Australian national Joe Sarlak, who has been detained in Doha for many...
Detained in Dubai
Dec 4, 20202 min read
89 views
Banks in the UAE are judge, jury, and jailer
In May of 2018, British national Ryan Cornelius was coming to the end of a 10 year prison sentence in Dubai when he was unexpectedly...
Detained in Dubai
Nov 30, 20205 min read
1,143 views
Scottish grandfather hostage in Dubai returns home
Malcolm David Faren, 63, from Dundee had been held as a debt hostage in Dubai. After being penniless and homeless in the UAE, Detained...
Detained in Dubai
Nov 7, 20202 min read
143 views
Stirling warns investors to leave Dubai or face jail after Arabtec liquidation
UAE government owned construction giant Arabtec’s liquidation has put thousands of expats at risk of imprisonment and Interpol red...
Detained in Dubai
Oct 6, 20202 min read
232 views
Radha Stirling: Alan Stevenson catalyst for Interpol reform and human rights compliance
Czech court rules detention of dual British / Australian citizen Alan Stevenson was a violation of human rights;
Detained in Dubai
Sep 5, 20202 min read
102 views
Locked down and locked out; Scotsman homeless and stranded in Dubai
After a series of hardships, British national Malcolm David Faren finds himself penniless and on the street in UAE, with no visa and no pass
Detained in Dubai
Sep 5, 20204 min read
241 views
Debt persecution in UAE likely to worsen in 2019
Slow economic growth in the UAE connected with lower oil prices, and the property market’s consistent failure to live up to expectations,...
Detained in Dubai
Jan 17, 20193 min read
89 views
Paralysed British stroke victim “held hostage” in Dubai over business debt.
71 year old British pensioner Malcolm Munroe has been hospitalised after suffering a stroke in 2013 that left him paralysed and...
Detained in Dubai
Dec 6, 20173 min read
32 views
Mentally ill American stroke victim "held hostage" in Dubai over missed debt instalments
David Oliver, an American former university professor is a stroke victim with mental health issues. David lost his job teaching in the...
Detained in Dubai
Nov 27, 20176 min read
149 views
Expats advised: Prepare properly if forced to leave debts in the UAE.
It is one of the enduring legends of Dubai. Supercars left behind at the airport to gather dust as high flying expats’ debt suddenly...
Detained in Dubai
Sep 19, 20174 min read
220 views
Trapped as Dubai dream goes sour. Brits stuck in homelessness nightmare surviving on handouts.
Steven C is in his late 50s. Born in London but raised in the far North of Scotland, he made the move to Dubai in 2002 lured by high,...
Detained in Dubai
Sep 11, 20174 min read
37 views
3 British Nationals arrested in 3 months in Europe on Interpol notices issued by UAE banks
In July a British woman was arrested in Italy for an Interpol Red Notice because of an unpaid credit card. She was held for 30 days...
Detained in Dubai
Aug 9, 20173 min read
185 views
Mediclinic, one of two hospitals in Dubai Healthcare City is being sued for $55,000,000
Mohammad Imran Hussain, husband and father of four, who worked as business development manager for US giant Dow Chemical, suffered...
Detained in Dubai
Aug 8, 20173 min read
94 views
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