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UK Embassy responds to woman detained in Dubai over WhatsApp

“The police sent her phone off to forensics to examine even though she provided a written admission to the allegation. It’s concerning that the police confiscated her phone and wish to examine it in detail. This process can take weeks and it is possible they may levy a...

5 February 2021

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Woman stuck in Dubai over WhatsApp "frightened to death"

Woman facing a chaotic Middle Eastern legal system says she has “no idea what is going on, what is coming next, and how long it could take”.

4 February 2021

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Brit detained in Dubai over WhatsApp message

A British human resources manager has been held in Dubai after her Ukrainian flatmate lodged a police complaint over a “rude” WhatsApp message sent over a petty household dispute arising from her flatmate’s intolerance to her use of the dining table to work from during l...

3 February 2021

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UAE “asks” Bangladesh to freeze assets of RAKIA CEO Khater Massaad

Former advisor to RAK ruler Sheikh Saud bin Saqr Al Qasimi and CEO of RAKIA and RAK Ceramics, Dr Khater Massaad, has been the target of a years-long campaign that has seen repeated legal abuses in an “anything goes” approach to politically motivated judicial relief.

2 February 2021

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Swiss government & business councils advised to issue new UAE warnings to citizens

Stirling has contacted the UAE ambassador to Switzerland, the Swiss ambassador to UAE, the Swiss-UAE business council, and the Swiss Foreign Office, as well as multiple global investment groups, warning that Ras Al Khaimah cannot be considered a stable destination for bu...

28 January 2021

Vendettas by RAK ruler alarm foreign investors

Summary: A years-long campaign to slander and jail former RAK investment head Khater Massaad and persecution of RAKIA & RAKFTZA staff chill investor confidence in the emirate: Stirling

25 January 2021

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Detained in Dubai's 13th Anniversary

Thirteen years ago, Radha Stirling for the first time, navigated Dubai’s complex and foreign legal system to secure the release of her friend and colleague, Cat Le-Huy, who had been held on fabricated and baseless charges. Since then, Stirling’s organisation “Detained i...

20 January 2021

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Khater Massaad warns investors: Sheikh uses 'forced confessions' to seize assets abroad

Described as the “golden boy of business in the Northern Emirates”, “the tile tycoon of RAK”, Gulf Business coverboy and multi award winning Dr Khater Massaad, has been targeted by Sheikh Saud bin Saqr al Qassimi whose power has gone unchecked by Abu Dhabi.

20 January 2021

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Breaking News - ANOTHER Dubai Rental Car Extortion SCAM

As if James Dua-Wiafi and Stanley Kundishora’s widely reported ordeal wasn’t sufficient warning, a THIRD Londoner has just fallen prey to a rental car agency demanding £30,000 in return for his passport. When will this end?

13 January 2021

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