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American detained in Dubai calls for Nevada Senator assistance

Ramadan started on Tuesday in Dubai, a time where prisoners are often pardoned and released. But for most foreigners intertwined with the Emirati judicial process, this simply adds to the inherent delays. Peter has been held in the UAE for almost two months after a rou...

15 April 2021

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Detained in Dubai reports UAE's Israel-US hacking agent to FBI

A newly published report by The Daily Beast’s Adam Rawnsley details how Ras Al Khaimah used an Israeli private intelligence company to hack American and European citizens deemed enemies of the regime of Sheikh Saud bin Saqr Al Qasimi.

7 April 2021

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RAK’s Volatile Dictatorship Unsafe for Investors

The spotlight of the international media, human rights organisations, and western governments often falls upon the UAE, particularly in recent years. Attention, however, tends to focus on the emirates of Dubai and Abu Dhabi, the smaller, lesser-known emirates are rarely ...

5 April 2021

UAE Sheikh receives Bangladeshi State Minister raising human rights issues

Sheikh Saud bin Saqr Al Qasimi seeks to woo Bangladesh’s Minister for Foreign Affairs, Shahriar Alam, MP in Khater Massaad case, raising egregious human rights issues

3 March 2021

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Dechert scandal leads to worldwide UAE investment warning

A series of lawsuits has sparked investment warnings to be issued to business councils, investment and financial advisors, lawyers, entrepreneurs and governments.

17 February 2021

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Interview with Khater Massaad on Sheikh Saud, ruler of RAK

Former advisor to Ras Al Khaimah ruler, Sheikh Saud bin Saqr Al Qasimi, breaks silence. Khater Massaad is the former CEO of RAKIA, RAK Ceramics and various enterprises embarked upon during his tenure and before the ruler’s purge of foreign nationals he felt “knew too muc...

10 February 2021

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The King of Interpol Abuse

Handing out Interpol notices like his own personal business cards, Sheikh Saud bin Saqr Al Qasimi is described as “The King of Interpol Abuse”. The ruler of a small northern region of the UAE, called Ras Al Khaimah, Sheikh Saud has had to find other means to bring in mon...

8 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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