Over almost twenty years, we have helped almost thirty thousand victims of the UAE's draconian and chaotic system. The English Courts have refused to extradite to the Emirates based on the 'real risk of human rights abuses'. We’ve seen deaths in custody due to police brutality, rape victims jailed for “sex outside marriage”, domestic violence victims jailed for attempted suicide, frightened drone strike victims jailed for sending photos of their own apartment to loved ones.

Radha Stirling, founder of Detained in Dubai and Due Process International, has secured the deletion of an INTERPOL Red Notice issued by the UAE following a business dispute.

The United Arab Emirates is inviting the world's cryptocurrency and technology entrepreneurs to build their fortunes in Dubai, but Radha Stirling warns that sweeping new financial regulations could leave some facing imprisonment, devastating fines and the loss of their businesses.

Under UAE legislation, a person can be detained urgently while an extradition request is awaited. The legislation provides for detention for up to 60 days in those circumstances and permits subsequent arrest or imprisonment following receipt of the extradition request.

Andrew Tate has already been tried and sentenced in the court of public opinion. The actual courts are still waiting their turn. Right now he sits in a Florida jail cell while British prosecutors demand his extradition on a growing list of serious charges. The media will feast on the spectacle. Commentators will rush to declare him either a martyr or a monster. Both reactions miss the only point that actually matters.

Stirling also highlighted what she described as an increasingly concerning pattern in which the United Arab Emirates is being used as a rapid transit jurisdiction for arrests and extraditions connected to Uzbek requests, often raising serious concerns regarding judicial oversight, access to legal remedies, and compliance with international due process safeguards.

Extradition expert Radha Stirling on rapid extradition from the UAE

According to Stirling, the most alarming development is the UAE’s willingness to extradite British nationals to third countries with significantly worse human-rights records, without examining evidence, assessing political motivation, or protecting against torture or coercion.

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