Albert Douglas

“Expats are often used as leverage or as scapegoats. This is what makes the country such a dangerous place and why I lobby so hard to warn investors in advance. Many expats find it difficult to believe. They feel that those who go to jail deserved it or that there must have been more to the story. That is; until it happens to them or a loved one.” Radha Stirling, CEO and founder of Detained in Dubai

Ailing grandfather detained in Dubai for son’s ‘bounced cheques’, desperate for help60 year old Londoner, Albert Douglas, made a brave attempt to cross to Oman after losing faith in Dubai’s justice system. He had stayed in the glitzy city, thinking an innocent man could never be convicted. He had faith in the “system” and faith in the legal process. But when he saw the proceedings unfold, he couldn’t believe his own eyes. Everything he’d heard, but not believed, was happening to him. He was being prosecuted for a crime he hadn’t committed, and evidence of his innocence was

FCO talks to grandfather beaten & forced to drink from toilet in Dubai jailPress Release: FCO talks to grandfather beaten & forced to drink from toilet in Dubai jail 60 year old Albert Douglas testified to being beaten and forced to drink out of the toilet while watching prisoners being hung upside down and beaten. The contents of a disturbing telephone call has been released on the Gulf in Justice Podcast and shared with the FCO with a plea from Albert’s desperate family to end the abuse of British citizens in the UAE. “There is only one rule, there are no rules”, exp