cross-posted from: https://fedinsfw.app/c/dubai/p/228751/i-was-beaten-and-tortured-how-a-british-father-and-son-made-a-fortune-in-dubai-then-beca
As the Middle East is drawn into war, expats and influencers are under pressure to only share the positive side of the UAE. In reality many are at risk of being put behind bars, and often find the UK government has little interest in helping them get out
Trump acknowledged and dismissed it when the Saudi ruler visited in 2025 https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/nov/18/trump-bin-salman-visit-jamal-khashoggi?hl=en-GB
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assassination_of_Jamal_Khashoggi.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/4/15/saudi-forces-kill-man-who-refused-to-give-up-property-activists
EXACTLY as lazynooblet wrote, it was a Saudi incident not Dubai.
Not that I would expect better from Dubai, but you can’t paint another country’s action on Dubai. That simply doesn’t make any sense.
Okay but the article is about UAE, or is this “Middle East” in general.
Commenter probably figures “they’re all the same.”
No doubt you’ll tell me this is biased, but you make your own judgements.
https://www.hrw.org/world-report/2026/country-chapters/united-arab-emirates?hl=en-GB
https://www.msn.com/en-in/news/world/ex-us-soldier-earned-1-5-million-a-month-for-uae-kill-jobs-report/ar-AA204iok
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-67945137?amp%3Bat_campaign=KARANGA
https://www.hrw.org/world-report/2026/country-chapters/united-arab-emirates?hl=en-GB
That list doesn’t include murdering and dismembering journalists or destroying homes for some mega project. Is this comment thread misinformation or just confused?
Missed a link, sorry!
I don’t know how your links are related to my question. Yes UAE have done bad stuff, no one is saying otherwise, but the parent commenter said some specific things which I now believe to be in error.