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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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Miss World criticised for selecting Dubai as 2023 pageant host
The Miss World pageant, the oldest beauty contest in the world, will be held in Dubai this year, according to organisers. The move is...
Detained in Dubai
Feb 15, 20234 min read
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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,...
Detained in Dubai
Oct 25, 20224 min read
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Americans detained in Dubai - A by-product of UAE lobbying?
American detained in Dubai is not alone. Why does Dubai jail tourists? UAE lobbying has suppressed criminality for over a decade and it...
Detained in Dubai
Apr 16, 20215 min read
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Phone tracking spyware likely used to capture Dubai princess, claims former aid
Former French Naval officer Hervé Jaubert, who planned and executed Dubai’s princess Latifa’s failed escape plan three years ago, has...
India Today
Mar 18, 20214 min read
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Cosmopolitan covers Detained in Dubai
Going on holiday or on a backpacking adventure is a lot of fun; it's why so many people do it. But something that could ruin that fun big...
Detained in Dubai
Feb 16, 20219 min read
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The United Arab Emirates is trying to rebrand its image by making changes to its legal system
...Radha Stirling, who founded the advocacy group Detained in Dubai, said the fear of losing expats and investors has triggered the legal...
Detained in Dubai
Dec 29, 20201 min read
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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
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BREAKING: Dubai royal Sheikha Zaynab livestreams attack on family
Wife of Dubai royal Sheikh Saeed bin Maktoum bin Rashid Al Maktoum broadcast multiple Instagram livestreams today as she tearfully...
Detained in Dubai
Sep 10, 20203 min read
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Radha Stirling sheds light on appalling rights for women in the Middle East
“It was only due to the media campaign that we launched, and it was pretty difficult at the time too, because it’s a story of a princess esc
Luke Grant
Mar 8, 20201 min read
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Case exposes anti female bias in UAE
- Princesses Haya & Latifa cases reveal discriminatory system from the top American sexual harassment victim arrested in Dubai for...
Detained in Dubai
Mar 5, 20204 min read
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Detained in Dubai, Radha Stirling on "hypocritical choice" of Nicki Minaj to perform in Saudi Arabia
Detained in Dubai’s Radha Stirling comments on “hypocritical choice” of Nicki Minaj to perform in Saudi Arabia, while women are treated...
Detained in Dubai
Jul 6, 20191 min read
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Asylum-seeking Saudi sisters summoned to police station; fear deportation to Saudi Arabia
Detained in Dubai CEO Radha Stirling issued the following statement on the ongoing case of Dua and Dalal Khalid, two Saudi sisters who...
Detained in Dubai
Jun 25, 20192 min read
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Radha Stirling talks Gulf policy on women’s rights after prominent escapes
Radha Stirling talks Gulf policy on women’s rights after prominent Sheikha Latifa & Rahaf Alqunun escapes During the last few years there...
Detained in Dubai
Jan 16, 20199 min read
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Radha Stirling: “World's commitment to women's rights tested in Rahaf Mohammed Alqunun case”
Saudi Arabia is attempting to force 18 year old Rahaf Mohammed Alqunun to return to the country after being apprehended in Thailand en...
Detained in Dubai
Jan 7, 20193 min read
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Asa Hutchinson, British girl facing years in prison in Dubai for “witnessing someone else’s crime”
- given choice of “signing legal documents written only in Arabic, or go straight to jail.” Asa Hutchinson, the British girl facing jail...
Detained in Dubai
Dec 29, 20172 min read
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Flaw in Dubai legal system leaving British visitors vulnerable.
- Asa Hutchinson case only the tip of the iceberg Asa Hutchinson. British woman currently fighting for her freedom in the United Arab...
Detained in Dubai
Dec 17, 20173 min read
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The dark side of Dubai
Sneaky selfies, a sleeping Swede and a pair of shattered spectacles. The details of a post-brunch debacle in Dubai are laughably mundane,...
The Times
Dec 4, 20176 min read
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LGBT community's outcry at World Coffee Championship being held in Dubai.
- Organisers rethinking location. A statement from WCE that “Dubai was selected to host the Cezve/Ibrik Championship, World Brewers Cup,...
Detained in Dubai
Sep 13, 20173 min read
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International legal community’s outrage at plan to hold 2019 World Litigation Forum in Dubai
The WLF represents a broad spectrum of leaders in the field of litigation, and many more working in the wider legal fields. Among its...
Detained in Dubai
Aug 13, 20172 min read
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Brits’ release from Interpol detention nightmare secured, by tireless NGO: Detained In Dubai
A UK based NGO has secured the release of a British woman, who declines to be named, after a month under arrest in Italy, waiting to hear...
Detained in Dubai
Aug 6, 20172 min read
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