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“Dubai’s Paid Influencer Army is a Facade” – Stirling Calls for Upgraded Travel Warnings Amid Propaganda Push

Dubai’s launch of a government-funded Influencer Academy is being criticised as a desperate attempt to mask the country’s repressive legal system and human rights abuses behind a manufactured image of glamour and safety. The UAE’s plan to pay Western influencers to promo...

30 April 2025

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Beyond the Instagram Fantasy: The Hidden Dangers for Women in Dubai

"While Dubai police are claiming she “fell”, they are also the same people who claimed Princess Latifa was “safe and happy" in the "loving care of her family” says, Radha Stirling, CEO of Detained in Dubai. "They also claimed Lee Bradley Brown somehow beat himself to dea...

26 March 2025

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Ohio brothers freed from Dubai schedule X spaces - discuss JD Vance

Ohio brothers freed from Dubai to talk JD Vance involvement in upcoming live X Spaces.

6 October 2024

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Ohio brothers FREED from Dubai

Ohio brothers Joseph and Joshua arrive safely home after Dubai ordeal. Radha Stirling thanks JD Vance for his support.

25 September 2024

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Ohio brothers sentenced to Dubai jail

Ohio veteran and influencer, Joseph Lopez and his brother Joshua have been sentenced to jail time in Dubai for drinking alcohol onboard the yacht.

19 August 2024

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Mr USA contender detained in Dubai

24 year old “Mr Louisiana” title holder and social media influencer is facing jail in Dubai after being drugged on a night out.

1 July 2024

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BREAKING: TikTok influencer Tierra Allen FREED from Dubai

Months long ordeal came to an end today when Tierra boarded a flight home. Allen has been banned from returning to Dubai. She paid a 5,000 AED fee to police to lift the travel ban so she could leave.

8 August 2023

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New civil case compounds ordeal of detained social media influencer in Dubai

Tierra Allen, a social media influencer known as "Sassy Trucker," was arrested in Dubai after an altercation with a car rental agency owner. Allen had been involved in a minor traffic accident while driving a rented vehicle, and the car was subsequently impounded. She wa...

31 July 2023

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