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David Haigh

Cornwall County, UK, London
As seen in: BBC, The Telegraph, The Times, PinkNews
Covers:  Human rights, Dubai and the UAE, Interpol and extradition, detained Britons abroad, crisis and reputation management, LGBT rights, football governance
Doesn't Cover: Brand valuation (a different David Haigh), rugby reporting (a different David Haigh)
International human rights lawyer, crisis manager & broadcaster. Survived Dubai's jails; lawyer to its princesses. Ex-Leeds MD · 1st gay MD in football
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David Haigh’s Biography

David Haigh is an international human rights lawyer, crisis manager, broadcaster and news commentator, and one of the leading voices on justice in Dubai, the UAE and the wider Gulf.

He is Founder & CEO of Haigh International Justice, Co-Founder of Detained International and Founder of Dubai Watch. He writes for The Guardian, The Independent and The New Arab, and his work has featured on BBC HARDtalk, BBC Panorama, 60 Minutes Australia, PBS Frontline and in The New Yorker's In the Dark podcast. In 2021 Amnesty International confirmed he was the first Briton found hacked with NSO Group's Pegasus spyware.

A former managing director of Leeds United Football Club, he was the first openly gay MD in top-flight English football. Every claim against him was dismissed by the English and DIFC courts in March 2025: davidhaigh.co.uk/the-record