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28 novembre 2020 Attorney General James Report Finds That Professional Fundraisers Retain Nearly One-Third of Charitable Campaign Donations; Some Retain More Than Half
New “Pennies for Charity” Report – Released Ahead of Giving Tuesday – Details Costs of Fundraising Campaigns Conducted by Professional Fundraisers; In 2019, Professional Fundraisers Pocketed Nearly $365 Million Report Also Offers Key Tips for Donors: Be Careful with Charitable Giving; Not All Fundraisers Are Created Equal In preparation for Giving Tuesday and the holiday season, […]
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24 novembre 2020 Detained in Dubai takes on case of German national, sentenced to life in Emirates jail after upsetting a Sharjah royal.
German citizen Dieter Kellouche was good friends with a UAE government official and tribal leader, but upset him and is serving a life sentence. Detained in Dubai is an organisation founded in 2008 by Radha Stirling, a leading human rights advocate, crisis manager and policy consultant, focusing on the UAE and the wider Middle […]
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22 novembre 2020 Urgent briefing: the Return of the MAX Vindicates Pilots in Boeing Class Action
On 18 November 2020, Steve Dickson, Administrator of the FAA signed an order permitting US carriers to return the MAX -8 and -9 to service and, under the Chicago Convention, the US won’t be permitting non-US carriers to fly a MAX in US skies unless they comply with relevantly similar or better standards than those […]
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12 novembre 2020 Heritage Foundation White Paper encourages US to promote diplomatic leadership in Interpo
Interpol has come under increased scrutiny over the past decade, as countries notorious for human rights violations, have abused their membership with Interpol to expand their powers of arrest beyond their borders, resulting in countless arrests that never should have happened. Interpol and Extradition Expert Radha Stirling, who founded Detained in Dubai, IPEX Reform, and the Gulf in Justice Podcast, […]
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11 novembre 2020 British Ambassador to Qatar needs to bring our citizens back. Qatar has been under fire the past month with sexual abuse of airline passengers and the arrest of Conor Howard on an Interpol Red Notice in Greece.
Detained in Dubai is an organisation founded in 2008 by Radha Stirling, a leading human rights advocate, crisis manager and policy consultant, focusing on the UAE and the wider Middle East. Stirling is a Criminal & Civil Justice Specialist, Expert Witness, Speaker, Founder of Due Process International, Detained in Dubai, IPEX Reform and Gulf Investment […]
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7 novembre 2020 Attorney General James Sues Sotheby’s for Defrauding New York Taxpayers Out of Millions
New York Attorney General Letitia James today filed a lawsuit against the international auction house Sotheby’s for defrauding the state of New York and its taxpayers out of millions of dollars in unpaid sales tax. The complaint alleges that Sotheby’s violated the New York False Claims Act by facilitating the creation and use of false tax […]
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4 novembre 2020 Lawsuit Seeks to Uncover Secretive Expansion of Judicial Black Sites for Immigration Cases
Immigration groups filed a lawsuit today in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia against the Executive Office for Immigration Review—which oversees immigration courts—and the General Services Administration requesting information on the expansion and creation of immigration adjudication centers, which were established as part of EOIR’s Strategic Caseload Reduction plan designed to accelerate removal proceedings at […]
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12 octobre 2020 Attorney General James’ Statement on the Death of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg
In response to the death of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Attorney General Letitia James released the following statement: “Our hearts are heavy tonight with the passing of one of the most impactful justices to ever serve on the Supreme Court. From her time at the ACLU founding its Women’s Right Project, to her […]
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12 octobre 2020 Twitter suspends Detained in Dubai, founder Radha Stirling’s accounts
Stirling and her organisation are considered to have shady dealings and are trashed by many for their mindless anti-Dubai vendetta. Twitter has suspended the accounts of a UK-based rights activist and her organisation that claims to offer legal help to expats facing detention in Dubai. The social media accounts of Radha Stirling and her organisation […]
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21 septembre 2020 Business leaders send letter of concern to de Blasio
The leaders of a number of businesses urged Mayor Bill de Blasio in a letter Thursday “to take immediate action” on public safety and other issues in New York City as part of dealing with the city’s longer-term economic concerns. Among the more than 150 people on the letter were the heads of Citigroup, Macys, […]
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