Outrageous admission:  Bullying, intimidation, plea bargains all for profit

When Qatar insisted on hosting the World Cup, people's love of soccer again surpassed their disapproval of dictators, corruption, and human rights abusesWhen Qatar insisted on hosting the World Cup, people's love of soccer again surpassed their disapproval of dictators, ...

The inquest into the death of British citizen Lee Bradley Brown, who died in a Dubai police station 11 years ago, heard that the number of new cases of Britons reporting torture or mistreatment in Dubai to the Foreign Office had surged from 3 per cent of the global tota...

With the looming 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar and the myriad nefarious controversies, allegations of corruption and skulduggery surrounding its “winning” hosting the event, we shall be examining a catalogue of inescapable ugly truths that envelope this country, its roman...

Sports as a vehicle for soft power - by regional expert Radha Stirling, founder of Detained in Dubai and Due Process International

Coroner tells FCDO to increase Dubai travel warnings.

More than 10,000 religious Jews from Israel and around the world are expected to arrive in Doha to attend the World Cup after having been assured by Qatari authorities that kosher food and places of worship would be available to them; however, Qatar has now reneged on th...

A group of Australians are planning to stage a protest at the World Cup stadium to free Joseph Sarlak, a 72 year old man who has suffered three years in prison and has been left in limbo ever since. His health has deteriorated badly. He has been given endless empty promi...

Millions of British and European nationals live in the Middle East and many more Middle Easterners live in Britain and Europe. As political alliances strengthen, so do business partnerships, friendships and romantic relationships but many of them end in divorce and wher...