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Nov 3, 20215 min read

Billy Hood - what will the British FCDO do to help the footballer sentenced to 25 years for CBD oil?

Billy Hood has been sentenced to remain in Dubai's notorious prison until his 49th birthday. But what is the UK Embassy and British FCDO...

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Nov 3, 20213 min read

Arrested for cross-dressing in Dubai

A transgender woman was arrested in Dubai last week, accused of cross-dressing. She was thrown into a male prison and deprived of access...

Detained in Dubai

Nov 3, 20214 min read

The FCO is broken

The first thing most foreign nationals do when they experience problems abroad is to contact their embassies. It is fair to say that...

Detained in Dubai

Nov 3, 20216 min read

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,...

Detained in Dubai

Nov 3, 20212 min read

Scotsman Jamie Harron sentenced today to 3 months in Dubai jail for brushing up against man in crowd

Today Jamie Harron was sentenced to 3 months imprisonment for accidentally brushing the hip of an Arab customer at the Rock Bottom bar in...

Detained in Dubai

Nov 3, 20213 min read

Statement from Radha Stirling 17:00, 11 October 2017 re Jamie Harron

Jamie has two open cases against him in Dubai. The first case was for brushing past the man and the second includes allegations of a rude...

Detained in Dubai

Nov 3, 20213 min read

Top UAE lawyer calls for legal reforms after recent terrifying arrests of 3 Brits

- Jamie Harron, Jamil Mukadam and Billy Barclay Essam Al Tamimi, one of the UAE's most respected lawyers has publicly claimed that the...

Detained in Dubai

Nov 3, 20213 min read

Parents of Scot held in Dubai for brushing past man in bar speak out

The parents of Jamie Harron, the Scotsman arrested in Dubai for accidentally touching another man’s hip while trying to avoid bumping...

Detained in Dubai

Nov 3, 20215 min read

Brit facing 3 years jail in Dubai for "public indecency"

Following the recent, frightening arrest and detainment of British family man Billy Barclay, another Scot, Jamie Harron has also fallen...