London, 23 May 2020 – David Haigh, the human rights lawyer, victim of torture in the UAE, and former managing director of Leeds United FC, who was a leading light in the campaign organisation ‘Detained in Dubai’ from 2016 to 2018, is issuing the following statement with regard to allegations made by Radha Stirling, with whom he campaigned to release several high-profile detainees in the Gulf state:
Former Leeds United managing director, David Haigh, has joined the executive committee of Penzance football club. In a coup for the community club, Mr Haigh was elected onto the committee last week, and was officially welcomed to the club by its Chairman Terry Burgess, today. He joins shortly after the club bought in a new…
Following my Arctic Trek, I will be swapping the world’s tallest buildings, man-made skyscrapers and the world’s most horrific jails and justice system to climb 5895m up Africa’s highest mountain, Kilimanjaro
On Saturday evening I attended the Make A Wish Foundation Winter Ball – a star-studded Christmas event to help raise funding to help the charity continue its fantastic work of supporting children fighting life-threatening conditions. Held at the prestigious Dorchester on London’s Park Lane, the event included a stunning performance by Beverley Knight and her…
Our Charity Arctic Trek raises £27 000 Julie and I are thrilled to announce that our trek to the Arctic Circle in April raised almost £27,000 for our chosen charity, Make a Wish Foundation. The husky-drawn challenge across 250 frozen kilometers was in aid of this fantastic cause who gave my niece – Julie’s goddaughter…
