

Distraught father pleas for IBM exec to drop charges against innocent daughter Asa Hutchinson
Asa Hutchinson, the young British woman possibly facing years in prison in Dubai for “witnessing someone else’s crime”, was discussed on...


French national Reda Boulahdid and wife tell of blackmail ordeal by UAE customs officials
Mr. Boulahdid who is represented by UK legal group Detained in Dubai, says that his nightmare began with what he thought was a joke. A...


UK based NGO Detained in Dubai celebrate 10 years of success
Ten years after forming Detained in Dubai to support foreign visitors and residents suffering human and civil rights abuses in the United...


Visitors to Dubai at “great risk” of being jailed under “cybercrime laws” that affect whatsapp, face
In the UAE, before you say anything online, you should consider whether or not you would be comfortable saying it in front of the police;...


Brit Jonathan Castle one of thousands stuck in Dubai homelessness nightmare surviving on handouts be
Jonathan Castle, 59 was born in London but raised in Thurso, near Caithness in the far North of Scotland. He made the move to Dubai (like...


Free! Perry Coppins, Brit cancer victim detained in Dubai freed after media campaign by British NGO
Perry Coppins, the 61 year old British national facing years in jail after being arrested for carrying what a customs official thought...


Connor Clements, Brit jailed in Dubai for medical marijuana taken in UK, already detained over the h
Connor Clements, a young British man who was arrested in the UAE for traces of medical marijuana that were left in his system after...


61 year old British cancer victim jailed in Dubai for his prescription anxiety meds. Facing 4 year s
A 61 year old British man has been arrested in the United Arab Emirates for anti-anxiety medication that is legal in the UAE with...


BRIT JONATHAN NASH FACES LIFE IN QATAR PRISON FOR BOUNCED CHEQUES
If someone was given a 37 years prison sentence in Europe or the UK you’d expect them to be a violent criminal. This is not the case in...


Family of Ras Al Khaimah prisoner Richard Lau just want him “home for Chinese New Year.” Investors c
Malaysian citizen Richard Lau has been detained in the UAE for almost a year for receiving his wages. He has been detained pending...
Malaysian government needs to support Richard Lau, imprisoned in UAE without charge for receiving hi
Richard’s lengthy detention without charge has shocked Malaysian and Chinese nationals who had felt that the UAE was a safe place to work...


Young British girl facing jail in Dubai for witnessing argument in hotel lobby, as actual suspects
Asa Hutchinson, a 21 year old Dubai resident was leaving brunch with a group of visiting friends when she witnessed an argument between...


Man detained in Dubai for "making too much money."
A Malaysian national has been held in the UAE without charge for over half a year, for no other reason than being paid for his work....


Shock at eight month “spite jailing” of Malaysian national Richard Lau. Imprisoned in Dubai for rece
41 year old Richard Lau, from Kuching, Sarawak State in Malaysia has been in jail for eight months in Dubai for being paid his wages....


Bed-bound British stroke victim detained in Dubai over debt
It's the same story we are all hearing at the moment; people are aghast at the way expats are treated in UAE. Malcolm Munroe is a 70 year...


Dubai releases Brit under international media pressure, but secretly place him on Interpol watch lis
Jamil Mukadam one of the many recent high profile Brits detained in Dubai for seemingly trivial offences has been released, but the UAE...


Another Scottish victim of the UAE legal system comes forward - "2 years detained in Dubai for
"2 years UAE detention for £2 taxi fare." After the recent cases of Jamie Harron and Billy Barclay, another Scotsman has come forward to...






































