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Detained in Dubai
6 days ago1 min read
Trapped by Debt, Denied Healthcare – A Fight for Survival
No one should have to choose between their health and financial restrictions.
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Detained in Dubai
Feb 65 min read
Interview With Radha Stirling: Extradition, Human Rights And Political Motives – OpEd
Explore Radha Stirling's insights on extradition, human rights, and political motives.
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Detained in Dubai
May 24, 20244 min read
Assange: NGO calls for extradition treaty review
In light of the Julian Assange appeal, an Interpol and extradition focussed NGO has called on several Parliamentary Committees to...
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Detained in Dubai
Apr 16, 20241 min read
The Lembit Öpik Show with Radha Stirling
Part 2: TNT's Lembit Öpik invites Radha back for a full hour, talking politics & current affairs. Are we doomed with uni-parties in the...
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Detained in Dubai
Apr 13, 20241 min read
Lembit Öpik interviews Radha Stirling on world politics, foreign policy and censorship.
Born in Northern Ireland in 1965 to Estonian parents, Lembit Öpik studied Economics, then Philosophy at Bristol University. In 1988, He...
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Detained in Dubai
May 11, 20234 min read
UK media’s unethical promotion of Dubai property market
“At this point, UK citizens who lose their money in the Dubai property market could not be blamed for holding British media outlets...
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Detained in Dubai
Apr 15, 20235 min read
Holidays in the Gulf: Danger behind the glamour - by Radha Stirling
The goal of a brochure or tourism advertisement, obviously, is to make enticing promises that fuel the hopes of travellers about having...
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Detained in Dubai
Dec 8, 20224 min read
UAE out-spends China to win influence
Between the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority, the Emirates Investment Authority, Mubadala, and the Investment Corporation of Dubai; the...
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Detained in Dubai
Nov 30, 20223 min read
Gulf States investing heavily in influence
At a time when the UAE refuses to take calls from US President Joe Biden, hosts Russian President Vladimir Putin, and cuts oil production...
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Detained in Dubai
Jul 27, 20223 min read
Foreign Office accused of 'washing its hands' of Brit detained in Saudi Arabia
Crispin Blunt MP has accused the Foreign Office of failing to help his constituent Christopher Emms who was arrested in Riyadh in...
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Detained in Dubai
May 27, 20221 min read
FBI 'Most Wanted' talks Universal Jurisdiction with Radha Stirling on the Gulf in Justice Podcast
Extradition expert Radha Stirling hosts first discussion with British citizen Christopher Emms on the Gulf in Justice Podcast. Chris was...
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Detained in Dubai
May 27, 20222 min read
Wow! US expands GLOBAL jurisdiction (for itself only) - FBI hunts innocent Brit after Assange abuse
The US is feeling emboldened after persecution and near extradition of Julian Assange. Now, they're hunting a British citizen who...
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Detained in Dubai
Apr 28, 20224 min read
Saudi Prince uses Interpol to prevent damaging witness testimony
Disgraced Saudi Prince, Turki bin Abdullah; now in prison for corruption; organised a secretive meeting at a luxury oasis in the desert 2...
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Detained in Dubai
Apr 26, 20229 min read
US seeks extradition of British national re cryptocurrency conference: The case of Christopher Emms
The US has issued an Interpol Red Notice against Chris Emms for allegedly violating US sanctions against North Korea (DPRK). Emms is...
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Detained in Dubai
Mar 23, 20226 min read
FCDO Responsibilities: Are Conflicting Goals Diminishing Efficacy?
The Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) with its 14,000 staff is tasked with promoting British interests abroad but the...
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Detained in Dubai
Mar 14, 20225 min read
Disgraced Saudi Prince Convened Meeting of Billionaires Prior to His Arrest
Contractors stiffed by Saudi Prince for construction of venue for secret billionaires' meeting reveal potential plot to challenge MBS A...
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Detained in Dubai
Jan 26, 20223 min read
Stirling calls for evacuation of British prisoners in UAE
The unthinkable is happening right now in the UAE. After decades as one of the few countries in the Arabian Gulf to not be targeted in...
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Detained in Dubai
Dec 16, 20214 min read
China and the UAE: The Long Game
The unipolar world that formed in the early 1990s after the collapse of the Soviet Union, in which the United States reigned as the...
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Detained in Dubai
Dec 8, 20215 min read
Dubai Prisoners Slam Foreign Office
Politicians and families put FCDO under fire in tomorrow's debate. Billy Hood’s heartbroken mother, Breda Guckion, has expressed her...
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Detained in Dubai
Nov 11, 20214 min read
Radha Stirling on the Pressing Case for Interpol Reform
Published December 27th, 2018 Al Bawaba Hayder al-Shakarchi Update: On 11th February the New York Times and others reported that a Thai...
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