The Londoner who survived a year inside Dubai's brutal jails

Karl Williams was arrested, tortured and imprisoned whilst on holiday. His ordeal is detailed in the book 'Killing Time'.

[@vampireshawn2671]

I don't get why people even go there

[@emerald_kiwi4046]

They go there cus some cities look good but i wouldn't go there it's not advanced developed, not innovative in science and inventions and the average iq is 84 so i dont expect educated people there i might wanna see what it looks like but not live there

[@ssaifda]

are we not gonna talk about how safe it is compared to the US? dubai is one of the safest countries lmao

[@ripkobe248]

@@ssaifda safe but lacks freedom

[@ssaifda]

@@ripkobe248 the freedom that it “lacks” didn’t bother me or anyone ik🤷🏼‍♂️ maybe accept for freedom of speech but even that didn’t rly bother me

[@mattjames88]

@@ssaifda I've been but never again. It's a dictatorship with the current ruler touring his daughters and wives. The country is anti-lgbt rights (like many others). So no, never going to visit Dubai until democracy and LGBTQ rights are introduced

[@forza223bowe5]

Problem is that when you book a flight or hotel to Dubai, there is no small print on what their rules and customs are, if people knew what the laws where then people would be less likely to fall foul of them

[@thereisnosalvationoutsidet3246]

It's a trick. They want the westerners to ally with them. Then they want to force sharia law on them. I'm a Catholic of Middle Eastern and Indian decent so I know. They killed many of my people for years

[@Ruder6163]

@@thereisnosalvationoutsidet3246 ok and Catholics never killed anyone outside of Catholic Church lol??? Welcome to the 21st century, where no first world stable government will kill you based on your religion. There doesn’t need to be a fine print of the laws and customs. You should make yourself familiar with them yourself before visiting any and all places that you’ve never been before.

[@dragonden9227]

If there was a Law their wife and daughters would not escape The country

[@mrama405]

Just like any other destination? Where is the small print?

[@FactStorm]

That applies everywhere, it's your job to do research. I can't blame anyone but myself if I went to North Korea and got in trouble.

[@Thrill_Hou]

Dubai sounds like an absolute hell hole.

[@leroyjones7295]

If your a drug addict / dealer yes also makes it very safe for everyone else look at Singapore

[@Thrill_Hou]

@@leroyjones7295 sounds boring

[@darthvader4137]

That's if you don't do dumb things , I've been living there for 8 years or more , am terribly sorry for the man but incidents happen each where , and if your from America don't even speak about crimes bec we know what America is

[@FactStorm]

Then you know nothing about it. I like how you form your opinion over one video. By that logic, the entire US sucks because of a rough prison documentary

[@Thrill_Hou]

@@FactStorm what? No! You’re talking nonsense! The US sucks because of the guns, racism, MAGA, anti intellectualism, expensive food prices and poor public health services, as well as the prison industrial complex.

[@banderwinston9957]

The amount of ignorance in the comment section is shockingly unbelievable.

[@emadmahmood3268]

I guess thats how the world is...I bet the people taking crap haven't been to Dubai or lived there

[@getheroutofthetruck]

Vice Interview with Karl Williams: 'We rented a car, and we'd just finished shopping, so we started putting our bags in, and noticed that a bag was already in there. We looked inside, and saw loads of little parcels. We didn't think much of them at the time.'

[@NoLefTurnUnStoned.]

😂 He spins a good yarn.

[@geertruidaking]

Dubai is not the place to go to jail

[@Kez_89]

Pizza Hut and mobile phones in a brutal prison 🤷🏽‍♂️

[@muntahachowdhury3767]

He said peace of heart

[@Bananacone]

I dont believe this guy cuz my older cousin was jailed in dubai for a year too and he didn't say anything about being abused in the desert.

[@mejeff7478]

my cousin went to jail and was never abused in the usa. so all other inmates that say they have been abused in usa jails are all liars too.

[@FransceneJK98]

Just cuz it didn’t happen to your cousin doesn’t mean it doesn’t happen to other people. Don’t be ignorant

[@tongksun4404]

@@mejeff7478 after all, the U.S is not an Islamic country at all, well, Dubai is different

[@buda3d2007]

Don't victim blame, this can happen, its very authoritarian to anyone who goes against the rule of law.

[@luisfernando5998]

They broke his arm before even a trail or anything ….. this is like hell

[@hugobossman8944]

Free Billy

[@stephaneringuet8486]

ASAP

[@stephaneringuet8486]

Nationwide petition needed!!

[@philleng1]

Don’t go to Dubai

[@thisguy976]

@Hannax123x no one cares.

[@thereisnosalvationoutsidet3246]

Avoid the middle east period

[@ssaifda]

There is No Salvation Outside the Catholic Church stfu racist piece of shit this story is fake so get ur fax right

[@ssaifda]

Billy Mulhall stfu I care

[@Bananacone]

@@thereisnosalvationoutsidet3246 why are u sooo racist

[@davegonnaway6007]

I'd be scared to fart in case I got arrested ...

[@DRthistle]

No info on the "extra bag in the car"? Is suggesting they were framed ?

[@kadijakallon2533]

Haha

[@Mikeee659]

the name of the charity should be revealed. As there are lots of them not helping, or not sending donations where it supposed to go...

[@anohsh]

Agreed

[@akd2639]

What? Shallowest interview..

[@sivodesilva9866]

Only go there iff you are a celebrity

[@jameshickey100]

Even though dubai lovley place but I never go to dubai

[@love1234458]

Dubai is lovely only for few days.. everything is artificial

[@hyamick7584]

@@love1234458 well it’s a desert so what do you expect ha ha

[@dragonden9227]

Too many suicides story untold

[@taniamcphelim6900]

As beautiful Dubai is it can turn ugly very unexpected and quickly not worth going there. I wouldn’t

[@syedtaimoorhussain4626]

Drugs are strictly prohibited in Dubai. How do you know he didn't got drugs for the party. He doesn't look traumatised either. No one would tell such story with a happy laughing face.

[@hamoodalsuwaidi4581]

you should listen to this guy u stupid people have some logic please

[@dragonden9227]

Lol drugs pill are everywhere crystal is filled in UAE 70% locals are using and even the government servants and pills too a lot u can't see these freely unless u got connections even cocaine u get in UAE u think Rashid Mohammed son how he was on drugs the sheikh of sharjah his 2 sons died they where on drugs mostly sheiks are on cocaine I bet u they snort for party's and to break virgins May God grant them into hell Amen

[@WoahRids]

@@dragonden9227 at least they’re enjoying life

[@dragonden9227]

@@WoahRids Who?

[@user-rn6hz8pb9s]

Is alcohol, tobacco, caffeine, pharmaceuticals illegal there? If not then your statement is incorrect as these are all drugs too!

[@geertruidaking]

I wil never go to that place all tricks on tv

[@dragonden9227]

Jail food s a garbage u got to buy.Your own food poor people don't have money to buy and starve

[@shaz9273]

Anyone been in Dubai prisons between 2009 to 2013?

[@Oneaboveall444]

?

[@NoLefTurnUnStoned.]

No but I read they’re pretty clean and safe.

[@mt_gox]

Pizza Hut and cell phones? Yeah, sounds real rough in Dubai jails.

[@jorrikatt416]

you skipped the torture part?

[@mt_gox]

@@jorrikatt416 oh yeah i forgot about the torture.... pizza hut ran out of mushrooms

[@phoenix-kenzodapathaan5568]

Cut a long story short...we noticed was an extra bag when they put shopping in car!!! Yeah fuckin right!!! Also Dubai police would not be taking you to the desert for torture and again in yr hotel, it's not a failed state country!! The prison story and conditions.....well again it's suspect as is his full mannerisms and wasn't a broken or distressed condition of his ordeal he was painting, that on return to the UK went to a concert etc etc Yeah...yeah...yeah... Prison is prison

[@AcesizOfficial]

Big up Karl Williams👊🏽💯

[@golflinxdubai]

Such a fake story none of it is true I've been here 17 years the guy is talking crap, rented a car and there was a extra bag in it would you not tell the company about it before driving off full of crap

[@NoLefTurnUnStoned.]

He’s on a money spinner with this yarn.

[@sunshinescholars3206]

Bit of travel advice to those wanting to go to Dubai...don't go!

[@hdc888]

He Wasn’t tortured in the desert, he didn’t spend 3 or 4 weeks with a broken hand, on the 3rd or 5th day he would a visit from the British embassy then he’s treatment would change. He got caught with drugs and they only slap him around to get the info of who sold it to him. To much drama with this kid.

[@xWonders_worldx]

True this is pure propaganda and if you can't read between the lines you're stupid. Also i wonder what drugs he had!?

[@allykhan8594]

That sounds about right!

[@NoLefTurnUnStoned.]

👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

[@harlyslamm2888]

Pizza hut and cell phone! sounds like a nice holiday....

[@dragonden9227]

Nothing is to stay positive I tried to suicide twice many actually suicide story's untold I was imprison for a year and 3 months just for visa expired to take off deportation took this long but never took off deportation and was deported to a country that I never visited I was born in UAE in 1973 with UAE birth certificate, mentioned UAE national but they never issued me UAE passport like many others still there. I was born and raised in UAE for 47 years when they deported me they didn't let me say good bye to my family or my kids in the airport couldn't see or meet them they didn't let me take my bag money my mobile from my kids they deported me empty hands with only Aed 6 into my pocket I had to sleep on the airport chair for 2 days without food or water I didn't know where to go when I was deported shame on UAE

[@abbyk7270]

then what did you do? how did you manage to stay in that country? and are you allowed to go to the uae now?

[@dragonden9227]

@@abbyk7270 Iran is a free country God bless Iran anyone can stay in iran and do business you pay 300 Dollars u can get a year visa with 12000 Dollars you can open a good import export business includes Trade license + Visa + Office + house on rent all these paid for a year the best to get General Trading license or Petrochemical trade license. Dubai is a political scam country. Here how it works you buy property on instalment car etc one cheque is bounced after a year on any issue you face jail for a month and get fine and hen on bail u get out after a month after a month your another is bounced this way they work until they sell your house car etc on auction to a new people who don't know nothing about dubai

[@FactStorm]

Wow, did your story get published? Get in touch with news agencies with paperwork and evidence of your story

[@michaelsonsarmiento5943]

Never going back to that place again, no rule of law there.

[@basemalshomali1462]

She is feeding him what to say lol

[@Jane-rc2rk]

I have never felt threatened or unsafe in the uae…keep your nose clean, behave with decent and modesty…I have visited the uae x5 a year for seven years visiting family out there. I’m a white western woman…I’ve never even seen a police officer! Stick to the rules, don’t get drunk, do r take drugs, stay away from the prostitution and all will be well. Other countries have different laws…arrogant to believe they’re the same as the uk.

[@joshhsoj5812]

Jane why don't you fucking stay there

[@xWonders_worldx]

@@leenobody3249 bro nobody is being tourtered its fake this is propaganda

[@rihasanatrofolo2472]

@@xWonders_worldx Stop shilling dude, they definitely are.

[@mehrcat1]

Just as well you didn't get raped Jane, you'd have been slung in jail for having sex outside marriage.

[@Jane-rc2rk]

@@mehrcat1 … quite possibly. Pity my husband didn’t for having an affair with a cabin crew woman…

[@Beat.s503]

I've been there dubai out jail aweer

[@SouthwardTwist]

Stick to the rules and respect their custom. They dislike drunkeness and lewd behaviour. And also no drug use.

[@jimtysonfury9725]

Worst reporting ever

[@thegreenbastard5171]

Bed bugs everywhere sorta fing

[@ttlover7490]

This man is a liar

[@u235u235u235]

how so?

[@ramatgan1]

I would not advise anyone to go to UAE. Rule of law doesn't exist and you can be jailed for any number of 'offences'. www.detainedindubai.org/

[@forza223bowe5]

S Hussein My cousin goes to Dubai regularly, and I worry he will get arrested

[@sophia6837]

@@forza223bowe5 i live there i hangout will people who underage drink smoke vape etc. while cops are watching they give us warning not tourture us

[@naseefb]

@@sophia6837 what's more interesting is, he came from shopping and noticed and extra bag in the car but continues anyway? fishy...

[@BigMacOrange]

All the prisons I've seen in dubai look very clean well funded and orderly. They don't look like prisons you see in areas with less money.

[@luisfernando5998]

Lier …..

[@sharpasacueball]

They show you what they want you to see. If you see how their laborers live, you can imagine how badly they treat criminals

[@pchristopherdavid765]

What a load of BS and lies. Call this journalism ...its sensationalism at its worse.

[@xWonders_worldx]

This is fake story i can tell

[@dragonden9227]

Yes true they beat u if u get hurt or got bruises on u they don't take u to hospital or a court until they see u are fine I knew some of inmates their nails were pulled or electric shocked and some where put a plastic bag into their head so they suffocate by CID just to convince the crime which they didn't commit a pakistani truck driver was brought to CID they asked him to sign around 5 papers it was written in arabic when the driver asked what is it I sign they told him it's just you are innocent so he signed all the papers then they throw him into jail with us later he was jailed with stolen 5 containers sent to 5 years imprison

[@darthvader4137]

What in the Mary Poppins, this shit ain't true I can tell your hating on Dubai aka the uae for this man speaking fake stuff , am sorry for the man about what happened and incidents happen everywhere

[@daniellaboateng]

Never go to Dubai.

[@darthvader4137]

Keep that to yo self white boy

[@FactStorm]

By your logic, don't go to the US either after watching a prison documentary.

[@TheFloozi]

"Let me first advertise with a giant smile the amazing restaurants in Dubai. Yeah I was tortured and thrown in prison without trial." "Quite funny innit bruv "

[@NoLefTurnUnStoned.]

The guy is a clown

[@readynow12345]

SURE THEY WAS INNOCENT MY ASS.

[@forza223bowe5]

The laws shouldn’t apply to tourists, it’s just wrong.

[@samakah5]

Lmao, so if cocaine is illegal in that specific city just coz I’m a tourist it’s not illegal for me?

[@darthvader4137]

So if a tourist brought sneaked in drugs and the police saw him they just Gon stand there act like nothing going on 💀

[@mrmagoo756]

Delete this comment please.

[@papajoe922]

Wow this pure crap. Dubai police would never do this.

[@george4281]

Clearly they did

[@dragonden9227]

Wish u be for a year in then u will know all the police are bastards

[@rohp1283]

I only went to one Muslim country, one too many.

[@ssaifda]

Dubai police don’t do that this story is fake don’t believe them I live there it’s on of the safest countries

[@yaafowaa4149]

Get the shit out of here monsterious country.

[@ssaifda]

@@yaafowaa4149 u believe everything u see in social media

[@who511]

@@ssaifda there is proof.

[@Reality_Dystopia]

Wow guy sounds like a legend.

[@NoLefTurnUnStoned.]

He’s a joker