5th March 2023 Dubai ruler kidnap survivor calls for Sheikh to be put on trial for her kidnap and for a boycott of Dubai COP 28 at London protest march. PRESS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: A high-profile human rights campaigner, who was kidnapped by Dubai forces on instruction of the Dubai ruler, and vice president...
14th October 2021 Leading, British human rights barristers call on the US Government to demand the Dubai Government immediately release American Zack Shahin. PRESS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Two London-based leading human rights barristers have joined the growing global campaign to secure the immediate release of an innocent American family man from Dubai’s notorious Al...
London, UK: 1st October2021 International campaign to expose Expo2020Dubai ‘launched as 70+ Human rights NGOs slam high-profile world fair while host nation systematically abuses human rights A group of leading human rights non-governmental organisations has slammed the Expo 2020 Dubai which opens today, saying the world should not be dealing with a host country that...
Status: Detained in Al Awir Jail DubaiHunger strike commenced 27th May 2021 Nationality: United States Citizen DATE OF BIRTH: 21st August 1964 VIOLATION: TortureArbitrary detentionEnforced disappearanceDenial of medical treatmentUnfair trialsIllegal extradition DATE OF ARREST: 23rd March 2008 COUNTRY: UAE CRIMINAL CHARGES / VERDICT: Forgery of an informal document and other related matters – Denied OBJECTIVE:...
London, UK: 2nd June 2021 American businessman Zack Shahin, a former PepsiCo executive and the former CEO of Dubai based property developer Deyaar has appointed Detained International to advise him and his family in his near 2-decade long fight for justice in Dubai. From Houston, Texas, Zack is believed to be the longest-serving American overseas...
Detained international, the leading legal advocacy NGO that provides pro bono legal advocacy to victims of injustice, inequality and other human rights violations in Dubai, the wider United Arab Emirates, and the Middle East, has now opened in Washington DC. Detained International has acted on many high-profile cases of injustice and human rights abuses, most...
London, 22 May 2021 Following media requests for a response to the publication of a photograph of Princess Latifa in Dubai, David Haigh, co-founder of the Free Latifa campaign and Detained International said: “We confirm that there have been several potentially significant and positive developments in the campaign. We do not intend to comment further...
Essential Quality could win the Kentucky Derby. Activists concerned about Sheikha Latifa, the owner’s daughter, don’t think the horse should run at all. A group of human rights lawyers and students at the University of Louisville have filed a complaint with the Kentucky Horse Racing Commission, asking them to ban Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al...
UN experts demand “concrete information” on Sheikha Latifa’s fate United Nations issues series of demands to UAE as Cambridgeshire police request Free Latifa campaign provide copies of new evidence concerning UAEs earlier kidnap of Princess Shamsa LONDON: 20 April 2021 The Free Latifa campaign welcomes today’s demand from the United Nations that the UAE immediately...
David Haigh and his team at Detained International welcome the continued support of journalists globally, who help to maintain focus and attention on the #FreeLatifa Al Maktoum campaign. The Princesses many friends around the world wait agonizingly for proof of life. David would like to personally thank all those who have signed the #FreeLatifa petition...
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