Laws impacting gay travellers in Dubai

“It’s encouraging to see Dubai making steps toward positive change,” says Radha Stirling, founder of UAE legal watchdog Detained in Dubai. On the other hand, “In no way are they comprehensive protections for visitors and expats. The UAE has been scrutinized for serious human rights violations, wrongful arrests, arbitrary detentions, the outright theft of foreign investment, money laundering, and torture.”

“Some of these changes were long overdue and we are keen to see them in operation, while others are the public relations endeavors of a country in serious economic hardship.”

The Guardian Reports: Gay Briton fights extradition to DubaiRadha Stirling, founder and CEO of Detained in Dubai fully supports Mr Halliday's defence and anticipates a favourable judgment.

UAE imprisons transgender Singaporean, friend for their lookDUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A transgender Singaporean and her friend have been sentenced to a year in prison in the capital of the United Arab Emirates for dressing in a feminine way, friends and family say. Abu Dhabi police did not immediately respond to a request for comment Thursday, but the two's arrest and quick sentencing show the danger that the LGBT community can face in the Mideast nation home to the famous nightclub scene of Dubai.

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Radha Stirling comments on the apparent protest by The 1975’s singer Matthew Healy against Dubai’s a1975s singer Matthew Healy. LGTBQ "protest" Radha Stirling comments on the apparent protest by The 1975’s singer Matthew Healy against Dubai’s anti-LGBT laws during local concert: “Homosexuality is illegal in the UAE, with punishments from serious jail terms all the way to a death sentence. Any expression of an LGBT id

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