Interpol abuse of RAK ruler highlighted

INTERPOL - ‘Urgent reform needed to prevent human rights abuses’, leading expert says

Knowing that Dubai treats debt as a criminal rather than a civil matter, many expats who find themselves in unexpected debt trouble prefer to leave the country before they can be jailed.

Once again, the Middle East’s use of Interpol to locate and extradite foreign nationals raises human rights concerns.

A British woman is lobbying for the release of her new husband, Karim Ennarah who was arrested while on a Red Sea holiday with friends, where she had intended to join him in a few days.

Radha Stirling, founder and CEO of Detained in Dubai fully supports Mr Halliday's defence and anticipates a favourable judgment.  

The UAE is one of the biggest abusers of the interpol database, which is used to issue Red Warrants for arresting people in other countries.

The UAE has drawn foreigners to its shores for a number of years, attracted to the well marketed allure of a glamorous, affluent lifestyle with unmatched business opportunities.  While some foreigners have enjoyed a genuinely positive experience, others have suffered jud...

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 if she would be extradited to serve a lengthy term in a Dubai desert jail. Her crime? She simply fell behind on her credit card payme...

Interpol has come under increased scrutiny over the past decade, as countries notorious for human rights violations, have abused their membership with Interpol to expand their powers of arrest beyond their borders, resulting in countless arrests that never should have ha...