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[emmelinemay]

I'm sure many of you have seen this a million times already, but this is important. Please take the time to read this, if you haven't seen it already, and pass it on to those who aren't on my friends list.

My friend Mildred’s partner, Diz, has been illegally detained in Dubai and is being held without charge.

His crime? Having pills for jet lag, which are available over the counter legally in Dubai. This has been proved, and yet they are still keeping him there. While he’s been there, he’s met many other 'prisoners', some of whom have been there for over 10 months, one of whom just passed his 17th birthday. They are all being held with no formal charges, and the ‘rules’ are changed every day.

Some of them have little or no family or friends support back home, and no way of getting out, as their stories are suppressed.

Mildred has taken it upon herself not just to try and free Diz, but to try and bring these stories to national attention, and to get the message out that Dubai is NOT a safe tourist destination, and also to free the other people who are stuck in a Dubai prison with no charges, and no crime committed.

Pleas take the time to read the following links:

Diz’s arrest - http://users.livejournal.com/_yungfuktoi_/306878.html

Information about the campaign - http://users.livejournal.com/_yungfuktoi_/307357.html

More information from inside the prison - http://users.livejournal.com/_yungfuktoi_/307839.html

Petition - http://users.livejournal.com/_yungfuktoi_/308218.html

Campaign update – the first success - http://users.livejournal.com/_yungfuktoi_/308666.html

How you can help:

1 - Diz is BORED. If you have any funny stories or want to write him a letter, or want to write to anyone else stuck there, information on how to do so is in that first link.

2 – We want to get out to people that DUBAI IS NOT SAFE FOR TOURISTS. So if you have any first hand experiences, or know anyone that has, of Dubai and the way it treats visitors, please get in touch. Information on how to do so is in the second link.

3 – Sign the petition (fourth link)

4 – Spread the word. Please let other people know about Diz’s situation, and those of the people he is being held with. Take this, copy it, paste it, and spread the word.

Thank you for taking the time to read this, and the links, and maybe evenb signing the petition.

Please help bring Diz home to his friends, family and loved ones, and hopefully help many others too, and perhaps even prevent this happening again.

Comments

[elle-is-for.livejournal.com]

where are Mildred and Diz based in the uk? I have a spare 20 mins at lunchtime that I can use digging through our media contacts list for relevant local journalists etc.

[emmelinemay.livejournal.com]

I'm not sure where Mildred is right now, she's been back in the US for a while. I'm sure she'd appreciate a hand though, her email is in the links there. I know she was planning to fly in here, so she'd be here when he was released, but that was when we were expecting this all to be a formality, and that he'd be sent home within a week like they said at first.

You can probably also get in touch with her via Scott (deathboy) who's been helping a lot at the UK end.