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    Steve Long Freed
    Steve Long, the man who was arrested in Abu Dhabi because he was afraid, returns to England.The special forces veteran was arrested at Abu Dhabi’s international airport after expressing concerns there “could be a bomb on the plane”.  He was sentenced to a £104,000 fine, ...

    11 April 2022

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    FCDO Responsibilities: Are Conflicting Goals Diminishing Efficacy?
    The Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) with its 14,000 staff is tasked with promoting British interests abroad but the government department’s goals are often conflicting in nature, leaving diplomats in confusion over priorities, placing British citizens...

    23 March 2022

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    'Foreign Office Fails Brits Detained Abroad' Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe latest to criticise FCDO
    Foreign Office Fails Brits Detained Abroad: Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe latest to criticise FCDO

    21 March 2022

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    Dubai Police “Human Rights Captain” Meets Albert Douglas
    Dubai Police “Human Rights Captain” Meets Albert Douglas

    2 March 2022

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    “UK’s Top Diplomatic Priority” - UAE’s Torture of British Citizen, Albert Douglas
    “UK’s Top Diplomatic Priority” - UAE’s Torture of British Citizen, Albert Douglas

    7 February 2022

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    Dubai Prisoners Slam Foreign Office
    Politicians and families put FCDO under fire in tomorrow's debate.

    8 December 2021

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    Press Release: Parliamentary Debate - Should the FCDO increase travel warnings to British citizens heading to Dubai
    Press Release: Parliamentary Debate: Should the FCDO increase travel warnings to British citizens heading to Dubai: 9th of December 2021

    7 December 2021

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    Dubai Expo, UAE influence puts Britons like Billy Hood, at risk
    Dubai's long anticipated expo is finally in full swing, but so is the worldwide media in highlighting human rights abuses and even boycotting the expo.

    20 October 2021

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    Channel 7 TV - covering William Meyerhoff's release from Dubai, Albert Douglas & Detained in Dubai
    72 year old great grandfather William Meyerhoff was arrested en route to Australia over bounced cheque allegations from a company he worked for over a decade ago. UAE diplomats promised to release him, saying “we sometimes make mistakes”.

    18 October 2021

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    Dubai authorities pledge to release British great grandfather
    Dubai authorities pledge to release British great grandfather

    17 October 2021

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