top of page
Breaking News & Press Releases
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.
Search
Interview With Radha Stirling: Extradition, Human Rights And Political Motives – OpEd
Explore Radha Stirling's insights on extradition, human rights, and political motives.
Detained in Dubai
Feb 65 min read
0 views
Detained in Dubai - 17 Years of Service
Human rights and legal organisation, Detained in Dubai, has saved countless lives over its 17 years of service.
Detained in Dubai
Feb 13 min read
0 views
Princess Latifa’s escape yacht is sunk
Nostromo, the vessel that was to take Dubai’s Princess Latifa to safety and freedom, has sunk in Sri Lanka
Detained in Dubai
Jan 214 min read
0 views
Assange: NGO calls for extradition treaty review
In light of the Julian Assange appeal, an Interpol and extradition focussed NGO has called on several Parliamentary Committees to...
Detained in Dubai
May 24, 20244 min read
0 views
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
0 views
Podcast: Chris Sweeney talks to:Ep 3: The Real Dubai with Radha Stirling
Radha Stirling is the leading exponent of highlighting human rights abuses and assisting those caught in legal disputes in Dubai, and the...
Detained in Dubai
Jun 12, 20221 min read
0 views
Detainee says China has secret jail in Dubai, holds Uyghurs
A young Chinese woman says she was held for eight days at a Chinese-run secret detention facility in Dubai along with at least two...
Detained in Dubai
Aug 16, 202110 min read
0 views
INTERPOL - ‘Urgent reform needed to prevent human rights abuses’, leading expert says
INTERPOL - ‘Urgent reform needed to prevent human rights abuses’, leading expert says “The international crime information sharing agency...
Detained in Dubai
May 6, 20214 min read
0 views
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
0 views
Detained in Dubai's 13th Anniversary
Thirteen years ago, Radha Stirling for the first time, navigated Dubai’s complex and foreign legal system to secure the release of her...
Detained in Dubai
Jan 21, 20212 min read
0 views
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
0 views
New Gulf in Justice Podcast Episode - Israeli’s mis-sold the elusive “Dubai dream”
Discussed: RISKS to Israelis keen to invest in Dubai - Sean Hannity weighs in. The Israeli commerce sector is excited for reciprocal...
Detained in Dubai
Dec 21, 20201 min read
0 views
Second victim sues UK lawyers Dechert’s Neil Gerrard for UAE human rights abuses
Jihad Quzma, former legal advisor to Sheikh Saud bin Saqr Al Qasimi, sues Dechert for UAE human rights violatons
Detained in Dubai
Oct 15, 20204 min read
0 views
Duped migrant workers face modern day slavery in Qatar
Qatar offers up Asian and African workers like real life slaves. It is a kin to human trafficking when someone like Jonnadula agrees to...
Detained in Dubai
Jun 14, 20203 min read
0 views
Foreign office urged to save desperate Brits stranded in Dubai
FCO urged to negotiate repatriation flights from UAE that could save British lives Patrick Moody, British Ambassador to UAE “Countless...
Detained in Dubai
Apr 1, 20202 min read
0 views
As Coronavirus pandemic worsens, Detained in Dubai urges UAE to release, repatriate expat prisoners
UAE government urged to release expat prisoners and those on bail or travel banned. “The conditions of any prison obviously create an...
Detained in Dubai
Mar 27, 20202 min read
0 views
War hero Andy Neal jailed in Abu Dhabi finally returns home after being EXONERATED of drugs charges
UK veteran Andy Neal was arrested in Dubai in late 2018 on the basis of an informant. Despite there being no evidence of drugs in his...
Detained in Dubai
Mar 4, 20202 min read
0 views
British Grandfather and former bodyguard/driver to the royal family and top UK politicians, jailed
detained for 5 years in Dubai because of wanted “British fraudsters.” In 2013, British grandfather, and ex military serviceman Robin...
Detained in Dubai
Mar 3, 20206 min read
0 views
Law firm Dechert sued in London for human rights abuses in Ras Al Khaimah, UAE
The London office of Dechert, a major international law firm allegedly crossed the line into criminal abuse and torture in their work for...
Detained in Dubai
Jan 28, 20204 min read
0 views
UAE authorities coercing Brit to plead guilty following arrest over Qatar t-shirt assault
Following an extended telephone conversation with Ali Issa Ahmad's close friend in the UK, Radha Stirling, CEO of Detained in Dubai, has...
Detained in Dubai
Feb 7, 20193 min read
0 views
bottom of page