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Legal advocacy NGO giving pro-bono help to victims of injustice and arbitrary detention in Dubai, the UAE and beyond. +44 7488 845800 · [email protected]

London and Washington DC
Joined January 2019
Should deeply repressive UAE - responsible for serious climate crimes, Yemen war crimes & horrific human rights abuse be allowed to host COP28? #PROTEST Sunday 05/03/23 Marble Arch London #DUBAICLIMATECRIMINALS #BOYCOTTCOP28 #COP28 #COP28HYPOCRISY #CLIMATECRIMINALS @COP28_UAE
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In 2020 #ZeynabJavadli live streamed the Dubai Police breaking into her home, brutally attacking herself and her elderly parents and trying to take her 3 children by force. The 2020 Instagram live stream by #ZeynabJavadli can be seen here on youtube.com/watch?v=XXCSuA2s…
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Detained International exists to help people in their hour of need, providing assistance to all, regardless of standing – from Princess to Pauper – we fight injustice. #HumanRightsViolations | #HumanRights | #Justice
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Detained International provides pro bono legal advocacy to victims of injustice, inequality and other Human Rights abuses in Dubai, the wider UAE and Middle East. #HumanRightsAbuses | #HumanRights
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Imagine you are a hardworking businessperson, business doing well, then you find yourself caught up in a diplomatic dispute in a foreign land, a political power struggle that is nothing to do with you… Learn more: FreeUSAzack.org #ZackShahin | #FreeUSAzack | #Magnitsky
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This is American businessman #ZackShahin. Zack is today spending his 4,985th day languishing in a #Dubai jail for a white collar crime he did not even commit. We are campaigning to #FreeUSAzack - please help us. #MagnitskySanctions | #Magnitsky | #Expo2020
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❌ Abused ❌ Tortured ❌ Arbitrary Detention ❌ Unfair Trial ✅ Innocent Zack has been imprisoned since 2007 in #AlAwir jail - for a crime he didn’t even commit. Please support the campaign to #FreeUSAzack - find out more: FreeUSAzack.org #ZackShahin | #Magnitsky
❌ Abused ❌ Tortured ❌ Arbitrary Detention ❌ Unfair Trial ✅ Innocent Zack has been imprisoned since 2007 in #AlAwir jail - for a crime he didn’t even commit. Please support the campaign to #FreeUSAzack - find out more: FreeUSAzack.org #ZackShahin | #Magnitsky
Amnesty International maintains a long list of “prisoners of conscience” in #UAE, “including well-known human rights defender Ahmed Mansoor,” serving a 10-year prison sentence for social media posts about UAE #HumanRights violations. #BoycottExpo2020 | #BoycottDubai | #Expo2020
Reporters Without Borders has highlighted the lack of independent media and the #UAE’s draconian cybercrime law from 2012. Is @EmaarDubai happy with #Dubai’s massive #HumanRights abuses? #BoycottExpo2020 | #BoycottDubai | #Expo2020
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The #UAE has “one of the most restrictive press laws in the Arab world,” @FreedomHouse researchers wrote in 2020. #BoycottExpo2020 | #BoycottDubai | #Expo2020
In its 2020 report, @FreedomHouse reported that “local human rights activists are at serious risk of detention, prosecution, and mistreatment in custody.” Is @Digital14_UAE happy with such #HumanRights abuses in #Dubai? #BoycottExpo2020 | #BoycottDubai | #Expo2020
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In its 2020 report, @FreedomHouse, which assesses how democratic and open countries are, rated the #UAE as “not free.” #BoycottExpo2020 | #BoycottDubai | #Expo2020
“Part of the UAE’s decade-long whitewashing campaign to make themselves look like a tolerant, respectful and open country,” Commented @HZayadin of @hrw following reports #UAE to set up independent national #HumanRights organisation. #BoycottExpo2020 | #BoycottDubai | #Expo2020
Last year, @hrw reported on the agonizing detention of a Yemeni journalist who was first threatened by an official from the #UAE, and then detained and mistreated by UAE-backed forces. #BoycottExpo2020 | #BoycottDubai | #Expo2020
“Dawn is just breaking and I’ll be in Richmond tonight.” Video diary - #MartinLonergan the @BigFootWriter is up with the larks to continue the #Walk2Justice, heading to #WashingtonDC with a #MagnitskySanctions application for #Dubai. #ZackShahin | #FreeUSAzack | #Expo2020