Legal advocacy NGO giving pro-bono help to victims of injustice and arbitrary detention in Dubai, the UAE and beyond. +44 7488 845800 · help@detained.org.uk

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Joined January 2019
MEDIA RE ZEYNAB JAVADLI: Please contact Rodney Dixon KC on +44 (0)20 7583 1315 clerks@tgchambers.com for information on his client #ZeynabJavadli tgchambers.com/news-and-reso… @TG_Chambers #IStandWithZeynab #HostagesInOurHome #SheikhSaeedAlMaktoum #Dubai #UAE #UnitedNations
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🚨 MISSING PERSON ALERT 🚨 Zeynab Javadli, ex-wife of Dubai Prince Sheikh Saeed bin Maktoum bin Rashid Al Maktoum, nephew of Dubai ruler Sheikh Mohammed, and her three young daughters are missing. Friends, family and lawyers have heard NOTHING since Tuesday night. The Azerbaijani Consulate has no information. Her mother flew to find them. The family home was locked and empty. She is now trapped in Dubai, unable to leave. For years, Zeynab lived in fear. She was subjected to horrific and relentless abuse by Dubai authorities, targeted simply for being a mother who refused to give up her children. She feared arrest every single day. She knew this day might come. She prepared for it. And now it has. We fear for their lives. Share this post. Tag your government. Contact the President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev @presidentaz Contact the Dubai Ruler @HHShkMohd READ & SHARE NOW 👇 dubaiwatch.prowly.com/460754… #ZeynabJavadli #FreeZeynab #MissingPersonAlert #MissingInDubai
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BREAKING NEWs. As Keir Starmer meets @ManCity chairman in UAE. Dubai authorities show their real face & attack brave mother Zeynab Javadli and her three young daughters. This is REAL Dubai. Dangerous for expats women and children Zeynab is the ex-wife of Sheikh Saeed bin Maktoum bin Rashid Al Maktoum — nephew of Dubai’s ruler Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum. instagram.com/reel/DW6EAlOAs… Below is the BBC story from November 2025: “Ex-wife of Dubai royal says she fears arrest as custody battle escalates” bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cj01…
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BREAKING NEWS / MEDIA RE ZEYNAB JAVADLI There has been a very concerning and distressing development regarding Zeynab Javadli and her three young daughters. Zeynab is the ex-wife of Sheikh Saeed bin Maktoum bin Rashid Al Maktoum — nephew of Dubai’s ruler Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum. More updates soon. Below is the BBC story from November 2025: “Ex-wife of Dubai royal says she fears arrest as custody battle escalates” bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cj01… via @bbcnews @bbcworld #ZeynabJavadli @ZeynabJavadli @UNHumanRights @volker_turk @HHShkMohd @DXBMediaOffice @HHmansour @MohamedBinZayed @MaktoumMohammed @MMbinRashid
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BREAKING NEWS / MEDIA RE ZEYNAB JAVADLI There has been a very concerning & distressing development regarding Zeynab Javadli and her three young children. Zeynab is the ex-wife of the nephew of Dubai ruler Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum. More soon. Below is the via @DailyMail story from November 2025. Dubai royal's ex-wife begs Dubai ruler Sheikh Mohammed for aid as husband wins child custody dailymail.co.uk/news/article… #ZeynabJavadli @ZeynabJavadli @UNHumanRights @volker_turk @HHShkMohd @DXBMediaOffice @HHmansour @MohamedBinZayed @MaktoumMohammed @MMbinRashid
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Dubai Watch - ALERTS, INFORMS and ADVISES tourists, expatriates, businesses, investors on the facts, risks and dangers of Dubai & UAE!
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We need to keep talking about Zeynab Jawaldi- a Dubai princess being kept as a prisoner alongside her three children for daring to leave her powerful ex husband, who happened to be the nephew of the ruler! bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cj01…
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Replying to @haighdavid
The UAE is not a safe country, esp for women or expats. These paid influencers keep promoting Dubai as a safe haven but once things go wrong, you’re stuck there without access to proper lawyers or support from the British Consulate. @dubaiwatchorg
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If, like me, you’ve noticed swathes of so-called “influencers” in Dubai & the wider UAE popping up everywhere in increasing numbers, spouting parrot-fashion nonsense dictated by their UAE paymasters—that Dubai is safe, tolerant & the home of free speech—then have a read of this excellent article by @marcowenjones. As my friend & client @ZeynabJavadli knows all too well, in Dubai they steal your life & your children instead of your phone—that they just illegally hack with Pegasus.
It's finally here! Remember that weird group of Emirati influencers you keep seeing online. Well I've done a VERY deep dive, & the story is even weirder than you can imagine! "Amjad Taha, Muslim Brotherhood Maxxing & the Emirati #Dysinfluencer Factory" open.substack.com/pub/marcow…
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Zeynab Javadli war eine bekannte Sportlerin – dann heiratete sie ein Mitglied der Königsfamilie von Dubai. Seit der Trennung streitet das Paar um die drei Kinder. Nun gibt es eine dramatische Entwicklung. spiegel.de/ausland/sorgerech…
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Thank you to @derspiegel and their excellent journalists for highlighting the urgent and horrific Dubai human rights case of Zeynab Javadli @ZeynabJavadli and her three Dubai princess daughters. Please share and read if you can.
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Dubai royal's ex-wife begs for help as ex-husband wins custody of their daughters 'because she is instilling un-Islamic western behaviour' in them trib.al/SlIZoYn
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ZEYNAB JAVADLI UPDATE. Thank you to everyone who sent their messages of support and concern to us and Zeynab. There have been thousands of messages and every single one is appreciated. We will send updates on Zeynab here and on instagram when it is safe to do so. All media enquiries please contact Zeynab’s lawyer David Haigh. @davidhaigh and women's rights campaigner Aisha Ali @aak1880 #ZeynabJavadli
MEDIA ALERT.  🚨 ZEYNAB JAVADLI. KIDNAPPING. Please follow Zeynab’s live stream instagram.com/zeynabismyname… All media please contact Zeynab’s lawyer David Haigh. David@davidhaigh.co.uk. #Dubai @HHmansour @MohamedBinZayed @HamdanMohammed
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MEDIA ALERT.  🚨 ZEYNAB JAVADLI. KIDNAPPING. Please follow Zeynab’s live stream instagram.com/zeynabismyname… All media please contact Zeynab’s lawyer David Haigh. David@davidhaigh.co.uk. #Dubai @HHmansour @MohamedBinZayed @HamdanMohammed
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MEDIA ALERT.  🚨 ZEYNAB JAVADLI. KIDNAPPING. Please follow Zeynab’s live stream instagram.com/zeynabismyname… All media please contact Zeynab’s lawyer David Haigh. David@davidhaigh.co.uk. #Dubai @HHmansour @MohamedBinZayed @HamdanMohammed
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MEDIA ALERT.  🚨 ZEYNAB JAVADLI Rescues her children from her ex husband Sheikh Saeed bin Maktoum bin Rashid Al Maktoum, son of former Dubai ruler. Sheikh Saeed kidnapped the children in September 2025.  Please follow Zeynab’s live stream instagram.com/zeynabismyname  @ZeynabJavadli All media please contact Zeynab’s lawyer David Haigh. David@davidhaigh.co.uk.
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