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Emirates Airline layoffs leave pilots & cabin crew at risk of imprisonment or Interpol Red Notic
Summary: Pilots and cabin crew faced employment culling with hundreds let go after coronavirus lockdown. Airline staff face...
Jun 11, 2020


Illegal seizure of the US flagged yacht carrying Sheikha Latifa on bid for asylum must be answered
A number of things have become clear over the past several days regarding the disappearance of Sheikha Latifa Al Maktoum. First of all,...
Mar 23, 2018


UAE Media, Censorship and Propaganda discussed after disappearance of Sheikha Latifa & internati
According to salary information released through WikiLeaks, journalists in the UAE are paid wages associated more with the Public...
Mar 22, 2018


Safety of Visiting Dubai Under Question
Statement of Radha Stirling, founder of London based NGO Detained in Dubai who have recently surpassed their ten year anniversary:...
Mar 18, 2018


UAE Interpol Abuse Increased, Not Ceased - Emirates Expanding Use of Interpol as Retaliatory Tactic
The UAE government is continuing to misuse Interpol as an instrument for debt collection, despite recent reports that they had ceased to...
Oct 23, 2016


Access to Civil Justice in the UAE - How justice is being denied, how we plan to help and how we hop
The issue of access to justice has long been a struggle to achieve, given that access to justice can also have negative results. On the...
Jun 7, 2016


Jail for Selfies: Privacy Law in the UAE
So, you're on holiday in the UAE, seeing the sights; the beach, Burj Khalifah, your plush hotel cafe...and, naturally, you want to take...
May 30, 2016


Beware of money requests for lawyers from Dubai. Scams using a Dubai Jail format
We have received five enquiries this year from people who have been requested to send funds to a lawyer because their partner has been...
May 17, 2016


UAE Bankruptcy Law Proposals & the decriminalisation of bounced cheques. Will it happen and will
Prison sentences for bounced cheques have been a hot topic in the UAE media over the years. The practice of holding cheques as security...
May 14, 2016


The implications of a “GCCPol” listing: Living as a "wanted person" in the gulf...
We are contacted relentlessly by people who are concerned that they may be listed on the gulf region´s version of Interpol, GCCPol,...
May 9, 2016





























