Gulf in Justice

Host Radha Stirling speaks with GB News commentator and serial entrepreneur Wolfgang Douglas, founder of WOLFMBA in a direct and hard-hitting discussion on the fallout from Iranian strikes, escalating cybercrime arrests, and serious allegations of beatings and torture in UAE detention.Wolfgang Douglas is the son of Albert Douglas, a British grandfather who was arbitrarily detained while his assets were looted. He was then beaten and tortured by guards.As regional tensions intensify, Radha explains why Dubai’s long-standing reputation as a “safe haven” is now being seriously questioned. Sitting at the centre of a volatile region, recent events have exposed risks that many investors and expatriates had either underestimated or were never warned about.The episode examines the UAE’s aggressive use of cybercrime laws, where individuals have reportedly been detained simply for sharing real-time footage or private messages relating to drone and missile attacks. Radha outlines how these laws are being applied in practice, raising urgent concerns about censorship, due process, and the criminalisation of ordinary behaviour.A key focus is the financial fallout. With instability rising, significant capital is beginning to move out of Dubai and the wider Gulf. Radha highlights the contradiction at the heart of the UAE’s messaging: while promoting itself as a safer alternative to Western markets, Gulf investors themselves have long relied on cities like London as true safe havens. That narrative is now being tested.Wolfgang shares observations from the business community, where investors are reassessing their exposure to the region and reconsidering more established, legally transparent markets.Radha Stirling is a leading civil and criminal justice expert and founder of Detained in Dubai and Due Process International. With nearly two decades of experience, she has assisted thousands of individuals facing legal issues in the UAE and has been a prominent advocate for due process, human rights, and legal reform across the Gulf.

Extradited from Ukraine to Belgium - When crypto entrepreneurs are targeted. Radha Stirling talks with Simon Tadros, a tech entrepreneur who was extradited from Ukraine to Belgium, a country he had never even been to. Simon tells a story of what can happen to savvy entrepreneurs when law enforcement gets it wrong. Interpol and extradition specialist, Radha Stirling, has represented a number of crypto entrepreneurs who have been wrongfully targeted by law enforcement and swept up in a new, worrying trend towards universal jurisdiction. “Countries are trying to extradite entrepreneurs who have never even visited the requesting country. It’s dangerous and open to abuse. There is significant pressure on law enforcement to crackdown on crypto users and entrepreneurs and they are misusing Interpol and the extradition process to export their authority internationally. “We can not allow a precedent to be set whereby any country can, without evidence, have someone extradited to their country, especially those who have never even been there. Imagine if Saudi or China began requesting the same?” Simon Tadros was detained in Ukraine, extradited to Belgium to face unfair and unevidenced allegations. He was ultimately released which exemplifies how law enforcement and universal jurisdiction are a great threat to the safety of individuals, putting them at risk of egregious human rights violations. “What Simon has been through is disgraceful. He will not be compensated for the wrongful extradition, for the damage to his reputation, business and the personal toll it has taken on him and his family.” Stirling successfully helped British national, Christopher Emms, defend extradition from Saudi Arabia to the US and has appealed to Interpol to remove the Red Notice issued by the US in violation of Interpol’s rules. “I hope Simon’s case acts as a warning to Western law enforcement agencies who are haphazardly extraditing targets and ruining their lives, only to realise there is no genuine case”. https://www.radhastirling.com/ https://www.interpolrednotice.com/

DEAN MACKIN, TNT: Radha Stirling discusses, what British Tourists - especially what women need to know before traveling to Dubai and The Tierra Allan Arrest and the torture and detention of Albert Douglas. Radha Stirling is a leading human rights advocate, crisis manager and policy consultant, focusing on the UAE and the wider Middle East. She is the founder and CEO of British based organisation Detained in Dubai (which have helped almost twenty thousand victims of injustice over the past 15+ years), Due Process International and IPEX (Interpol and Extradition) Reform. Stirling also hosts the Gulf in Justice Podcast. http://www.radhastirling.com/

This week, the International Criminal Police Organization (Interpol) removed the name of a British entrepreneur from its Red Notice database, after a successful appeal was launched by IPEX Reform against his wrongful listing.Radha Stirling, founder and CEO of IPEX Reform and Detained in Dubai, said in a statement about the case, “Our client’s removal from Interpol is a great relief for him and his family after the almost decade-long ordeal they suffered because of corruption in Qatar.

Radha Stirling talks to French mother Maud Quinault whose son was abducted by his father and unlawfully removed to Oman, despite the parents having a French joint custody order.  Oman is not a signatory to the Hague Convention against   Maud says "My name is Maud Quinault, my son and I are french, he is 5 years old and has been abducted by his father in Oman, middle-east. While the father was supposed to take fahad-Louis, our son to Disney land in Paris as we had a shared custody in France, he rented a car to drive to Madrid where the Omani ambassador issued a laissé passé allowing him to fly to Oman from Madrid, against the french court order.  My baby boy has been teared apart from his mother, unlawfully and used as a tool by his father to seek revenge and to destroy me because I have decided a few years back to put an end to my husband’s daily physical and verbal abuse, so I left him.  This is a clear breech of human rights but parental abduction is legal in Oman.  I am indeed devastated and my pain is indescribable. My heart is shattered and I feel soulless.  My baby boy and I have been separated since the 17th of April 2022, more than 4 months.  the father is refusing to give me any information about Fahad-Louis, when he his sick for example or even in which school he enrolled him.  I am asking for financial help as the legal fees are very costly and my fight will intensify as September approaches..  Thank you so much for your constant support, I am forever grateful".

Dubai is one of the most surveilled cities in the world but now they are going a step further, requiring all residents to register their residence and cohabitants. Detained in Dubai’s Radha Stirling highlights the risks

Extradition expert Radha Stirling hosts first discussion with British citizen Christopher Emms on the Gulf in Justice Podcast.  Chris was listed on Interpol's Red Notice database in February for allegedly "conspiring to violate" US sanctions when he attended a cryptocurrency conference in North Korea.  Chris is not a US citizen and is not subject to US law.  He is not required to know or learn US law.  He violated NO British or international laws but the US is throwing their weight around, intimidating and bullying foreign citizens.   Radha Stirling, CEO of Due Process International and IPEX Reform said "Emms and the expert allegedly answered specific questions about blockchain and cryptocurrency technologies for the DPRK audience, including individuals whom they understood worked for the North Korean government, proposed plans to create specialized “smart contracts” to serve the DPRK’s unique interests, and mapped out cryptocurrency transactions designed to evade and avoid United States sanctions, including by diagramming such transactions on a whiteboard for the North Korean audience."  #FreeChrisEmms #FreeAssange #StateHarassment http://www.dueprocess.international http://www.ipexreform.com http://www.bitclan.org http://www.radhastirling.com