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Press Release: UK Courts Rule Today Against UAE's Application to Extradite Michael Halliday

Press Release: UK Courts Rule Today Against UAE's Application to Extradite Michael Halliday

Press Release: UK Courts Rule Today Against UAE's Application to Extradite Michael Halliday

This afternoon, the Westminster Magistrates Court ruled against the UAE's Application to Extradite Michael Halliday who had been accused...

Jan 15, 2016

Emirates NBD hires debt collectors to chase expat defaulters in the US, UK

Emirates NBD hires debt collectors to chase expat defaulters in the US, UK

Emirates NBD hires debt collectors to chase expat defaulters in the US, UK

Emirates NBD, Dubai's largest bank, is one of a number of local UAE lenders who have hired British and American debt collection agencies...

Jan 15, 2016

Detained in Dubai Calls for Immediate Release of Robert Black

Detained in Dubai Calls for Immediate Release of Robert Black

Detained in Dubai Calls for Immediate Release of Robert Black

CBS News (USA) (AP): American man, 70, arrested in United Arab Emirates over photo: http://www.cbsnews.com/news/robert-black-american-man...

Nov 7, 2014

Athens man, imprisoned in UAE for taking photo, will be freed

Athens man, imprisoned in UAE for taking photo, will be freed

Athens man, imprisoned in UAE for taking photo, will be freed

ABU DHABI // Friends, family and supporters of a 70-year-old American who was arrested last month for allegedly taking photos of a...

Nov 6, 2014

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Radha Stirling expresses her condolences to Marcus Fakana's family and her gratitude that so many have returned safely for Christmas this year.

Radha Stirling expresses her condolences to Marcus Fakana's family and her gratitude that so many have returned safely for Christmas this year.

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Albert Douglas and Granddaughter, Radha Stirling, CEO Detained in Dubai

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Albert Douglas, left, set to be released for Christmas. Radha Stirling, right, of Detained in Dubai worked with the United Nations to secure his release.

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Mass warrantless surveillance a risk to every citizen, says human rights advocate, Radha Stirling.

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Marcus Fakana, 19, died in Tottenham, north London, at around 1am on Friday after a car he was a passenger in failed to stop when being blue-lighted by the Metropolitan Police.

Marcus Fakana, 19, died in Tottenham, north London, at around 1am on Friday after a car he was a passenger in failed to stop when being blue-lighted by the Metropolitan Police.

British teenager who was jailed in Dubai for sex with 17-year-old girl is killed in crash after car failed to stop for police

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Former British soldier and Irish grandfather John Murphy, 59, is stranded, destitute, and in urgent need of medical care in Dubai after being exonerated of false charges that first landed him in jail.

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Although innocent, Murphy has never been able to rebuild his life. Instead, he has been left in legal limbo for years. Homelessness is illegal in Dubai, but when Murphy tried to surrender himself to police, they refused to take him in.

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Credit: Facebook: Mia O'Brien appeals life sentence.

Credit: Facebook: Mia O'Brien appeals life sentence.

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The UK is mirroring the UAE's draconian cybercrime laws and putting every foreign visitor to England at risk

The UK is mirroring the UAE's draconian cybercrime laws and putting every foreign visitor to England at risk

UK Becomes the Eighth Emirate: Radha Stirling Warns of Alarming Free Speech Crackdown

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Detained in Dubai 'grateful' so many home for Christmas

Radha Stirling expresses her condolences to Marcus Fakana's family and her gratitude that so many have returned safely for Christmas this year.

Radha Stirling expresses her condolences to Marcus Fakana's family and her gratitude that so many have returned safely for Christmas this year.

British Grandfather FREED from Dubai - Home for Christmas

Albert Douglas and Granddaughter, Radha Stirling, CEO Detained in Dubai

Albert Douglas and Granddaughter, Radha Stirling, CEO Detained in Dubai

Tortured Grandfather to be freed from Dubai jail after UN ruling

Albert Douglas, left, set to be released for Christmas. Radha Stirling, right, of Detained in Dubai worked with the United Nations to secure his release.

Albert Douglas, left, set to be released for Christmas. Radha Stirling, right, of Detained in Dubai worked with the United Nations to secure his release.

Digital ID will hand authoritarian regimes an unprecedented weapon

Mass warrantless surveillance a risk to every citizen, says human rights advocate, Radha Stirling.

Mass warrantless surveillance a risk to every citizen, says human rights advocate, Radha Stirling.

Marcus Fakana Dies in Fatal Car Accident After Regaining His Freedom

Marcus Fakana Dies in Fatal Car Accident After Regaining His Freedom

Marcus Fakana Dies in Fatal Car Accident After Regaining His Freedom

British teenager who was jailed in Dubai for sex with 17-year-old girl is killed in crash after car failed to stop for police

Marcus Fakana, 19, died in Tottenham, north London, at around 1am on Friday after a car he was a passenger in failed to stop when being blue-lighted by the Metropolitan Police.

Marcus Fakana, 19, died in Tottenham, north London, at around 1am on Friday after a car he was a passenger in failed to stop when being blue-lighted by the Metropolitan Police.

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