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TalkSport Radio with Radha Stirling - FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022
Radha Stirling discusses Qatar 22 with TalkSport Radio. As football fans ride from their expensive hotels to the stadium, or enjoy the...
Detained in Dubai
Sep 26, 20221 min read
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New Interpol Prevention Service to combat Red Notice Abuse
Abuse of the Interpol system by countries around the world has been steadily increasing in recent years, with Gulf States leading the...
Detained in Dubai
Sep 22, 20222 min read
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World Cup Stadium an island in a sea of misery and abuse
Chants and songs of football fans will ring out later this year during the World Cup in Qatar, but behind the closed doors of villas and...
Detained in Dubai
Sep 14, 20222 min read
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Qatar’s Alcohol Policy is Risky for World Cup Fans
British football fans are used to being allowed to drink beer in stadiums during games, so attendees of the World Cup in Qatar will have...
Detained in Dubai
Sep 8, 20222 min read
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Dubai’s ugly mass expulsion of Africans
Dubai’s ugly mass expulsion of Africans The arbitrary and discriminatory labour and immigration policies of the United Arab Emirates...
Detained in Dubai
Sep 8, 20222 min read
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James Cleverly - British prisoners & human rights victims hold hope for new Foreign Minister
British prisoners who have felt abandoned by their government have new hope that former Minister for State James Cleverly will take a...
Detained in Dubai
Sep 8, 20223 min read
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BOOZE YOU LOSE Footie fans could walk into a booze law trap during the World Cup in Qatar
BOOZE YOU LOSE Footie fans could walk into a booze law trap during the World Cup in Qatar, legal expert warns FOOTBALL fans could walk...
Detained in Dubai
Sep 8, 20221 min read
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Asylum Applications - Withholding of removal - Expert testimony on human rights violations
Asylum applications are difficult at the best of times. But what happens when there is an Interpol Red Notice active or a trumped up...
Detained in Dubai
Sep 5, 20223 min read
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UAE Bounced Cheques Decriminalised. What’s the reality?
“We only need to look at Qatar to learn what to expect from the UAE”, explains Radha Stirling, founder of Detained in Dubai. “Qatar has...
Detained in Dubai
Aug 31, 20222 min read
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World Cup fans unprepared for Doha dangers
“The World Cup in Doha has the potential of being the Black Friday of wrongful detentions,” says Radha Stirling, CEO of Detained in Dubai...
Detained in Dubai
Aug 31, 20224 min read
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Interpol Red Notices Damage Reputations: How to Recover.
Interpol Red Notice reports have a devastating effect on people’s lives. Victims can lose their visa status, employment, security...
Detained in Dubai
Aug 31, 20223 min read
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UAE debt statute of limitations
The UAE economy was suffering badly even before the pandemic according to many experts. This 2018 article explains how the desert country...
Detained in Dubai
Aug 31, 20222 min read
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CRISPIN BLUNT CONDEMNS FOREIGN OFFICE INACTION OVER CONSTITUENT DETAINED IN SAUDI ARABIA
Crispin Blunt today condemned the lack of British intervention over a constituent, Mr Christopher Emms, detained in the Kingdom of Saudi...
Detained in Dubai
Aug 22, 20223 min read
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South Korean Interpol Notice Deleted by Radha Stirling
Interpol and Extradition expert, Radha Stirling announced the deletion of an Interpol Red Notice against her Australian client, issued by...
Detained in Dubai
Aug 15, 20222 min read
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60 Minutes | British Cryptocurrency expert wanted by FBI after trip to North Korea
60 Minutes investigates how British citizen Christopher Emms has become one of the FBI's "Most Wanted" after attending a crypto...
Detained in Dubai
Aug 8, 20222 min read
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Crypto Insider Stuck in Saudi Arabia Over North Korean Conference
Christopher Emms travelled to North Korea alongside Virgil Griffith for a blockchain conference in 2019, drawing ire of the US Original...
Detained in Dubai
Aug 1, 20225 min read
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Is Liz Truss fit to be Prime Minister? The Gulf in Justice Podcast asks Brits detained abroad
Is Liz Truss fit to be Prime Minister? GULF IN JUSTICE PODCAST asks Brits detained abroad Gulf prisoners & human rights victims say “Liz...
Detained in Dubai
Jul 28, 20224 min read
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MP accuses Foreign Office of 'washing hands' of Brit detained in Saudi
Crispin Blunt expresses concern over lack of FCDO government intervention in overseas rights abuses against Brits. 30 year old Chris Emms...
Detained in Dubai
Jul 27, 20224 min read
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Brit sought for North Korea sanctions breach says US law doesn’t apply to him
Christopher Emms says he’s only willing to face charges in UK for his role in 2019 crypto conference in Pyongyang A British national...
Detained in Dubai
Jul 20, 20224 min read
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“Liz Truss UNFIT for PM” - Brits in Gulf prisons say
Gulf prisoners & human rights victims say “Liz Truss UNFIT for PM” “If she can’t even discharge her duties as Foreign Minister”, says a...
Detained in Dubai
Jul 19, 20222 min read
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