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Will new peace deals help Miami woman detained in Dubai?

Miami accountant, Danielle Jeffries, 58, had hoped she’d be home this Christmas to see her 93 year old mother who had just survived coronavirus, but she remains stuck in the United Arab Emirates. Danielle is the latest American to face the Dubai justice system where she...

26 December 2020

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Out of control Dubai drug crackdown leaves hapless “nice guy” restaurant manager facing 25 years jail

Dubai appears to be making a huge effort to crackdown on what it sees as a drug problem in the emirate. Most visitors to Gulf countries are aware of the draconian punishments the region’s dictatorships mete out to offenders and Detained in Dubai has been fielding simila...

13 December 2020

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Dubai relaxes Islamic laws but is the city safe for foreigners?

The UAE has announced a number of reforms but what does this mean in reality? Is Dubai safe? Radha Stirling, founder of 13 year old legal watchdog Detained in Dubai issued a statement on the new laws.

8 November 2020

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“You will go to prison if you don’t pay” - Two economics students face 1.5 years in Dubai jail after falling victim to tourist rental car extortion scam

Detained in Dubai calls on the UK government to intervene in outrageous abuse of young students facing prosecution after a run in with Dubai rental car company.

22 October 2020

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Debt Enforcement & Management

Emirates NBD customers unable to access banking services

For nearly a week, ENBD customers have been denied access to withdraw or transfer funds, causing concerns that the bank is freezing outflows amidst the economic downturn. Radha Stirling explains that these fears are justified, and UAE banks provide little or no security...

24 September 2020

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Scottish Mum abandoned by husband in Dubai and held over his debts, finally returns home

Morag Koussa has finally returned home after six year long detention in Dubai following Detained in Dubai campaign to free her.

24 September 2020

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Litigation & Civil Justice

UK lawsuit alleges ‘stunningly blatant corruption’ of leading UAE figures, Baker Mckenzie chairman.

£1 billion lawsuit by British national alleges vast conspiracy by UAE elites to deprive him of rights in multimillion pound partnership; Baker Mckenzie chairman Habib Al Mulla alleged to have orchestrated a campaign of legal corruption on behalf of powerful business fam...

25 August 2020

Debt Enforcement & Management

Locked down and locked out; Scotsman homeless and stranded in Dubai

After a series of hardships, British national Malcolm David Faren finds himself penniless and on the street in UAE, with no visa and no passport and no way to go home.

24 August 2020

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Emirates Flight Attendant Freed

Radha Stirling, CEO of Detained in Dubai who had been helping the Crawford family, comments on release of Derrin Crawford.

24 August 2020