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Prosecutor Starmer targets citizens & Elon Musk's X
Radha Stirling, founder of Detained in Dubai and Due Process International is alarmed at Starmer’s "far right thug" rhetoric
Detained in Dubai
Aug 5, 20242 min read
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Australia: eSafety review submissions to government, by Radha Stirling
Introduction The Australian Government has requested public consultation in respect of eSafety. The issues raised have been answered...
Detained in Dubai
May 6, 20249 min read
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Australia Labor set to lose Elon Musk battle
Australian government attempts fine X US$500,000 if he doesn't comply with requests to globally censor content on X. Musk to appeal.
Detained in Dubai
Apr 22, 20242 min read
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English courts must deny Julian Assange Extradition
The UK has more than enough legal reasoning to deny the extradition of Julian Assange but has failed so far to do so, despite having denied
Detained in Dubai
Apr 17, 20243 min read
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The Lembit Öpik Show with Radha Stirling
Part 2: TNT's Lembit Öpik invites Radha back for a full hour, talking politics & current affairs. Are we doomed with uni-parties in the...
Detained in Dubai
Apr 16, 20241 min read
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Lembit Öpik interviews Radha Stirling on world politics, foreign policy and censorship.
Born in Northern Ireland in 1965 to Estonian parents, Lembit Öpik studied Economics, then Philosophy at Bristol University. In 1988, He...
Detained in Dubai
Apr 14, 20241 min read
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Egyptian-American political commentator freed from UAE custody, returns home
Following a high-profile campaign to secure the freedom of Egyptian-American Sherif Osman after his arrest in Dubai over his criticism of...
Detained in Dubai
Dec 29, 20223 min read
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Sherif Osman case highlights America’s dwindling influence in the Middle East
When the Soviet Union collapsed in the early 1990s, the United States was the last superpower standing, and then-President George H.W....
Detained in Dubai
Dec 12, 20224 min read
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UAE's Al Roeya censorship goes global with CNN deal
Al Roeya censorship goes global with CNN deal “There is no freedom of the press in the UAE,” says Radha Stirling, CEO of Detained in...
Detained in Dubai
Dec 6, 20223 min read
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Calls for Dubai LitFest Boycott over free speech & human rights concerns
- Mary Robinson announces withdrawal Calls for Dubai LitFest Boycott over free speech concerns Dubai will hold its annual literary...
Detained in Dubai
Jan 15, 20192 min read
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