Free Albert Douglas

Albert Douglas has been unfairly detained in Dubai over bounced cheques he did not write. Although forensics have proved he did not write the cheque, Albert remains in prison with new criminal cases piling on. Due to his detention, his own business has now failed, leading to more criminal charges being levied against him. “It’s a dangerous spiral and as it stands, Albert faces the rest of his life in prison for crimes he did not commit. How can any reasonable person, politician or company, promote the UAE as a safe place to invest in or visit. It is unsurprising that the European Parliament has voted to boycott Dubai’s expo”, said Radha Stirling, founder of Detained in Dubai and Due Process International who has been helping the Douglas family.

Naomi Douglas has sent a desperate plea and clemency request to Sheikh Mohammed Al Maktoum, begging him to be merciful upon her husband who has undergone surgery at a Dubai hospital after being beaten in Al Ain prison.

Albert has been at hospital already to repair his broken bones but the doctors have said he needs multiple more surgeries for other injuries”, explains Naomi who has been without her husband for more than 9 months after he was jailed for cheques he did not write. “The forensic evidence has since confirmed he did not write the cheques and the parallel civil cases are slowly proving that he was not involved in any wrongdoing”, she added.

“If she can’t even discharge her duties as Foreign Minister”, says a British grandfather locked up in Dubai, “how on earth is she fit to run the country? She doesn't deserve a promotion, she deserves to be fired!”