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Statements and campaign updates from Dubai Watch, and our co-founder David Haigh in the press.

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ITV exposé: UAE-funded surveillance operation on UK soil

Our alert on the ITV News investigation, and what to do if you believe you are being watched.

20 Aug 2026 The Record

Times Law profiles our co-founder: “all of the claims were finally dismissed”

The paper of record on David Haigh's decade-long fight, and why it matters for everyone we help.

29 Jul 2026 Case Update

Zeynab Javadli: our plea for international intervention

The latest, timeline and how to help.

Updated 14 Jul 2026 Alert

Filming a strike in the UAE can cost you 10 years

By David Haigh: what every traveller needs to know.

Updated 14 Jul 2026 Newsroom

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In the media

Selected coverage featuring Dubai Watch and its co-founder David Haigh. Links open externally; inclusion is coverage, not endorsement.

Daily Mail

Reality of the iron fist behind Dubai 'paradise'

By David Haigh, on the crackdown behind the glittering facade.

12 Mar 2026 Daily Mail

Seventy Britons arrested in UAE for filming attacks

Quoting Dubai Watch on the scale of the detentions.

28 Mar 2026 Daily Mail

Dubai prince's ex-wife and three children abducted

David Haigh, her lawyer, sounds the alarm on Zeynab Javadli.

Jun 2026 The Times

David Haigh: 'I expected a James Bond type to get me out of jail'

The co-founder of Dubai Watch on surviving detention in Dubai.

The Times · Law