Fakana’s friends and family gathered in Westminster to demand the release of the teenager.
The Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office said it was supporting a British man in the United Arab Emirates (UAE).
Fakana had been on bail since his arrest in September, staying in temporary accommodation in Dubai.
His parents returned to London to resume their jobs, in a warehouse and as a cleaner, to help pay for their son’s accommodation.
According to the UK-based campaign group and charity Detained in Dubai – which helps foreigners abroad and is an international authority on UAE law – Fakana is in Al Awir prison, a jail for adult men on the eastern outskirts of Dubai.
