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.

Britain has become so dazzled by Gulf billions that football clubs, politicians and major institutions are risking their reputations for a share of the money, warns international human rights advocate Radha Stirling.

At Doha’s international airport, officers searched Gideon, opened his baggage and found a mannequin head. The head contained polystyrene packing materials: styrofoam pebbles. Despite being a common material, authorities treated them as suspicious and tested them for drugs.

British woman remains in notorious Bur Dubai police detention (where Lee Bradley Brown was brutally killed) until next hearing on 28 October, as her mother reports constant bright lights, interrupted calls and no promised sleep medication

DUBAI, 8 September 2026: The criminal trial of 23 year old British woman Brooke George has been adjourned until 21 September 2026, when the court is expected to hear prosecution witnesses in the murder case against her.

Irish/British veteran John Murphy begs to be allowed to return home for mother's funeral

Detained in Dubai is assisting Miss Brooke George, a 23 year old TikToker and former John Lewis worker from Gravesend, Kent who has been charged in Dubai with the murder of a 26 year old British man she met online. The young woman has been charged with premeditated murder and faces the firing squad if convicted.

Human rights organisation Detained in Dubai today called for the immediate safeguarding of Ryan John Michael Pepper, a British father of young children from Ashford, Kent, held in Sharjah CID detention for many months with severely limited family contact.