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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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80 year old American mother appeals to British school to let her son leave Dubai

Betty Dobbs fears she won't make it home to the States with her 55 year old son, military veteran, Robert Dobbs.

26 October 2023

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Dieter Kellouche freed from Sharjah prison

German national Dieter Kellouche was jailed in Sharjah for offending a Sheikh. He suffered outrageous treatment that led him to go on hunger strike. German ministers accused the government of “abandoning” Dieter, neglecting to even visit him for over a year and failing ...

11 May 2022

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Surgery for German national attacked in UAE prison

Dieter Kellouche waited days for surgery, was deprived of painkillers after being attacked in his bunk bed.

26 June 2021

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Wife of Dieter Kellouche says “German Embassy is doing nothing”

“The treatment of my husband has been absolutely appalling,” said Dieter’s wife Suki who is advocating for the release of her 42 year old husband. “Dieter is a gentle man and what he’s gone through has been horrific. He’d never hurt a fly. He’s been thrown into a Sharjah...

20 June 2021

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German national attacked in a UAE prison

Violence breaks out over instant noodles, leaving Dieter Kellouche with broken bones.

18 June 2021

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Jürgen Braun calls out Foreign Minister Heiko Maas for “abandoning German national in Arab prison”.

“Foreign Minister Heiko Maas abandons the German Dieter Kellouche in the Arab prison"

2 April 2021

German Embassy “not visited me in more than a year” - Dieter Kellouche

Desperate plea from German detained in UAE at whim of autonomous Sheikh

1 March 2021

German man has gone on hunger strike in Sharjah’s notorious prison, after being sentenced to life in prison at whim of Emirati royal

42 year old Dieter Kellouche has resorted to a hunger strike after his entire life was stolen by an Emirati Sheikh in a judicial system where a spiteful allegation is enough to condemn a victim to a life sentence.Radha Stirling interviewed Dieter’s brother Thomas on her ...

8 December 2020

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