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BREAKING: British father tortured in Dubai detention as family fears “he will die in custody”

“Everyone was beaten up,” Ryan Pepper wrote in smuggled notes from UAE detention. The 27 year old father of two from Ashford, Kent, has been locked up in Emirates overcrowded hell hole without any explanation since the 3rd of November 2025.

10 June 2026

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British Family Warns of Torture in UAE 'Black Site' Prison

Human rights organisation Detained in Dubai today called for the immediate safeguarding of Ryan John Michael Pepper, a British father of young children from Ashford, Kent, held in Sharjah CID detention for many months with severely limited family contact.

10 June 2026

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