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Italian pilot detained in Dubai over WhatsApp text is FREED

Press Release: Pilot detained in Dubai over WhatsApp text to ex is FREED

8 June 2022

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British woman charged over Facebook post calling Cyprus mayor “useless”

British woman charged over Facebook post calling Cyprus mayor “useless”.

22 April 2021

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Princess Latifa

Voice recording sent to Radha Stirling the day before Princess Latifa was taken

From onboard Nostromo, after Latifa’s daring escape from Dubai, she contacted Detained in Dubai CEO Radha Stirling and the two exchanged messages up until her capture. The messages showcase how determined the princess was to secure her freedom.

Woman faces “£100,000 fine and 2 years in prison” for WhatsApp message in Dubai

British woman in tears after Dubai police advise her she faces a “500,000 dirham fine, two years in prison and deportation”.

5 February 2021

Woman stuck in Dubai over WhatsApp "frightened to death"

Woman facing a chaotic Middle Eastern legal system says she has “no idea what is going on, what is coming next, and how long it could take”.

4 February 2021

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Brit detained in Dubai over WhatsApp message

A British human resources manager has been held in Dubai after her Ukrainian flatmate lodged a police complaint over a “rude” WhatsApp message sent over a petty household dispute arising from her flatmate’s intolerance to her use of the dining table to work from during l...

3 February 2021

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