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    Increasing Influence in the UK Media Landscape
    In recent years, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and other Gulf states have markedly expanded their influence within the UK media sector, raising concerns about potential impacts on press freedom, editorial independence, and diplomatic relations.

    28 November 2023

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    Oil & Rights: Truss on the Gulf
    Oil & Rights: Truss policies follow familiar model.

    13 October 2022

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    Brian Glendinning's Children call upon David Beckham to help free their dad
    Children call upon David Beckham to help free their dad from Baghdad jail and save him from Qatar prison.

    13 October 2022

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    World Cup fans unprepared for Doha dangers
    “The World Cup in Doha has the potential of being the Black Friday of wrongful detentions,” says Radha Stirling, CEO of Detained in Dubai and Due Process International, “Because of the overflow of game attendees into the UAE; visitors will be subject to the brutish polic...

    31 August 2022

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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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