Billy Hood Petition set to become largest in Change

A petition to #FreeBillyHoodhas already gained a record 107,000 signatures since the case was brought to the media two weeks ago. The family are hoping to gain 150,000 signatures which would rank the campaign amongst the top petitions in Change.Org’s history.

“Britons genuinely care about Billy Hood”, explained Radha Stirling, CEO of Detained in Dubai, who is helping the family. “People who have read the case, can see that Billy had indeed followed the law but unfortunately has wound up charged with crimes he most certainly has not committed. The public sees a young athlete who went to Dubai to expand his life experiences and work on his personal goals. He was working as a football coach, training 6 days a week and had his whole life ahead of him. It was taken away from him suddenly and through no fault of his own and his whole life appears to be over. It’s just quite shocking.