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Detained in Dubai
Nov 4, 20223 min read
Lee Bradley Brown jury verdict
Lee Bradley Brown Inquest jury verdict - Death in Dubai Police Custody After a 5 day Inquest into the death of Lee Bradley Brown at Bur...
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Detained in Dubai
Oct 28, 20224 min read
The false promise of Dubai’s property sector
“I have made peace with the fact that I got scammed out of all my money; but what am I supposed to do now?” So says one South African...
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Detained in Dubai
Oct 26, 20223 min read
Dubai police not prosecuting cannabis in bloodstream
Dubai police not prosecuting cannabis in bloodstream cases After the widely published case of Peter Clark, an American who faced prison...
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Detained in Dubai
Oct 25, 20224 min read
FIFA World Cup Travel Warning: Women & LGBT+ risk jail or flogging
FEMALE and LGBT+ England fans risk serious consequences at the 2022 World Cup in Qatar if they report being the victim of a sex attack,...
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Detained in Dubai
Oct 24, 20223 min read
Abusive Saudi initiated UAE Interpol Red Notice Deleted by Radha Stirling
Abusive Interpol Red Notice Deleted by Interpol and extradition crisis consultant, Radha Stirling When a Jordanian business owner was...
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Detained in Dubai
Oct 23, 20222 min read
No response from Cleverly leaves Glendinning family arranging protest at Scottish parliament
No response from Cleverly leaves Glendinning family arranging protest at Scottish parliament this week Scottish construction engineer...
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Detained in Dubai
Oct 18, 20225 min read
“There is no case” says Brian Glendinning’s Iraqi lawyer on Qatar Interpol warrant
Scottish construction engineer Brian Glendinning’s detention has been extended for another week by the courts. “The punishment is the...
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Detained in Dubai
Oct 13, 20223 min read
Oil & Rights: Truss on the Gulf
Oil & Rights: Truss policies follow familiar model. Although the UK has been on a political rollercoaster the past few years, is it...
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Detained in Dubai
Oct 13, 20223 min read
Brian Glendinning's Children call upon David Beckham to help free their dad
Children call upon David Beckham to help free their dad from Baghdad jail and save him from Qatar prison. The children of a Scottish man...
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Detained in Dubai
Oct 11, 20224 min read
Scottish man detained in Iraq sentenced to 2 years in Qatar jail ‘likely to be extradited’
British citizen Brian Glendinning was to start work on a construction engineering contract in Basra last month, when he was abruptly...
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Detained in Dubai
Oct 10, 20224 min read
Scottish man detained in Iraq over Qatar Interpol warrant. BBC Scotland talks with Radha Stirling
BBC's Good Morning Scotland discusses Brian Glendinning, a British engineer’s fight against Qatar extradition ‘a warning to World Cup...
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Detained in Dubai
Oct 9, 20223 min read
Scotsman detained in Iraq over outrageous Qatar Interpol warrant
ipex Qatar National Bank seeks extradition of Scottish man from Iraq over small bank debt. A 43 year old construction engineer from...
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Detained in Dubai
Oct 5, 20222 min read
The conundrum of Western relations with Qatar
Lille, Marseille, Bordeaux, Strasbourg, Reims, and now Paris are all banning so-called ‘fan zones’ from being organised in their cities...
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Detained in Dubai
Oct 3, 20224 min read
UAE is becoming increasingly hostile to the LGBTQ community
Queers have so far managed to live in the Gulf state by keeping a low profile. But UAE’s new crackdown on the LGBTQ community might...
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Detained in Dubai
Oct 1, 20223 min read
Legal experts launch new App for emergency help at World Cup
Published at Helsinki Times 29th September 2022 With the World Cup approaching, Detained in Dubai expects an increase in the number of...
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Detained in Dubai
Sep 30, 20223 min read
Crypto pioneer Chris Emms released from Saudi Arabia
After 8 months in Saudi Arabia, Christopher Emms has finally won his extradition battle. British national Chris Emms has been released...
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Detained in Dubai
Sep 30, 20222 min read
Mark Bennett ‘suicide’ - FCDO must increase travel warnings says Radha Stirling.
Detained in Doha founder Radha Stirling issued a statement on Mark Bennett's tragic case: "The government of Qatar and locally owned...
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Detained in Dubai
Sep 29, 20223 min read
Legal experts launch new App for emergency help at World Cup
With the World Cup approaching, Detained in Dubai expects an increase in the number of arrests throughout the Gulf region. Football fans...
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Detained in Dubai
Sep 29, 20224 min read
How to end your UAE debt nightmare
Irresponsible lending Every expat knows the story. On any given workday you may receive upwards of five calls from loan and card agents...
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Detained in Dubai
Sep 29, 20221 min read
Debt in Dubai - Press & Information Pack
Living in the UAE inevitably comes with persistent offers for mortgages, loans and credit cards from profit hungry local banks and their...
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