Detained International #HumanRights

Detained International provides pro bono legal advocacy & support to victims of injustice, inequality & other human rights abuses in Dubai, UAE & Middle East.

[Detained International #HumanRights @DetainedIntl]

MEDIA RE ZEYNAB JAVADLI: Please contact Rodney Dixon KC on [phone] [email protected] for information on his client #ZeynabJavadli https://t.co/Zov5rOtDpp @TG_Chambers #IStandWithZeynab #HostagesInOurHome #SheikhSaeedAlMaktoum #Dubai #UAE #UnitedNations

[David Haigh @haighdavid]

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.
https://t.co/biLikMtOwl
Below is the BBC story from November 2025: “Ex-wife of Dubai royal says she fears arrest as custody battle escalates”
https://t.co/JDq0PEgomG

[David Haigh @haighdavid]

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”
https://t.co/JDq0PEgomG
via @bbcnews @bbcworld
#ZeynabJavadli @ZeynabJavadli @UNHumanRights @volker_turk @HHShkMohd @DXBMediaOffice @HHmansour @MohamedBinZayed @MaktoumMohammed @MMbinRashid

[David Haigh @haighdavid]

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 https://t.co/oIjfkF9SGW
#ZeynabJavadli @ZeynabJavadli @UNHumanRights @volker_turk @HHShkMohd @DXBMediaOffice @HHmansour @MohamedBinZayed @MaktoumMohammed @MMbinRashid

[Dubai Watch @dubaiwatchorg]

Dubai Watch - ALERTS, INFORMS and ADVISES tourists, expatriates, businesses, investors on the facts, risks and dangers of Dubai & UAE!

[Aisha Ali-Khan @aak1880]

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! https://t.co/MRFlmdb5uC

[Aisha Ali-Khan @aak1880]

@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

[David Haigh @haighdavid]

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.

[DER SPIEGEL @derspiegel]

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. https://t.co/uv9B6zP516

[David Haigh @haighdavid]

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.

[Daily Mail @DailyMail]

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 https://t.co/XzFVVfcszS

[David Haigh @haighdavid]

Dubai royal's ex-wife begs Dubai ruler Sheikh Mohammed for aid as husband wins child custody https://t.co/xuV128JWsR via @DailyMail

#ZeynabZavadli @HHmansour @MohamedBinZayed @MaktoumMohammed @MMbinRashid @HHShkMohd

[BBC News عربي @BBCArabic]

منذ طلاقهما عام 2019، تخوض زينب جاوادلي معركة حضانة مريرة مع طليقها الشيخ سعيد بن مكتوم بن راشد آل مكتوم، ابن شقيق حاكم دبي.
https://t.co/LmPJR5sAlp

[BBC News (UK) @BBCNews]

Ex-wife of Dubai royal says she fears arrest as custody battle escalates https://t.co/LOpegz0Ykz

[David Haigh @haighdavid]

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

[David Haigh @haighdavid]

MEDIA ALERT.  🚨 ZEYNAB JAVADLI. KIDNAPPING. Please follow Zeynab’s live stream https://t.co/eHpzpc8g5h

All media please contact Zeynab’s lawyer David Haigh. [email protected]. #Dubai

@HHmansour @MohamedBinZayed @HamdanMohammed

[David Haigh @haighdavid]

Dubai sheikh kidnaps children. Live stream

https://t.co/eHpzpc8g5h 

@BBCNews @SkyNews @GBNEWS @thetimes @Telegraph @DailyMail @TheSun @MiddleEastEye

[David Haigh @haighdavid]

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 https://t.co/1LhcZybbFh 

@ZeynabJavadli

All media please contact Zeynab’s lawyer David Haigh. [email protected].

[Detained International #HumanRights @DetainedIntl]

Please support if you can. 🙏

[David Haigh @haighdavid]

I just supported a local kid who's facing tough times. He's organizing a drumathon for a cause that means so much to him. If you can, please help him smile again. Every bit counts! https://t.co/IgP0ooBu9S

[David Haigh @haighdavid]

Just saw this heartwarming @gofundme for the victims and their families of the Southport attack on @MartinDaubney @GBNEWS. Please support by donating or sharing – every bit of help makes a difference. https://t.co/BGDHa4Vt3D

[David Haigh @haighdavid]

“In 2019, the @FreedomHouse report concluded that the #UAE judiciary is not independent.”

Are there #FairTrials in the #UAE?

In this clip, for a conference organised by the Gulf Institute for Democracy and Human Rights (@gulfidhr), I explore this question.

#MiddleEast