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    Canadian man’s Dubai life sentence is overturned and he arrives safely home
    Mississauga, ON – Maurice Kevin O’Rourke, the 64-year-old Canadian who was sentenced to life imprisonment in the United Arab Emirates for possessing medical cannabis to manage his Addison’s disease, has been freed following an appeal and has returned safely home. His rel...

    2 April 2025

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    March for Marcus
    Friends & family have organised a march in Westminster to support Marcus Fakana who spent his New Year in solitary confinement in Dubai’s notorious Al Awir prison.

    4 January 2025

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    Ontario man sentenced to LIFE in Dubai jail over meds
    Shocking life sentence for 64 year old Ontario man, from Mississauga, for his own doctor recommended medicine. Canadian carpenter Maurice Kevin O’Rourke (“Kevin”), was transiting through Dubai on his way to South Africa to meet colleagues when he was charged for carrying...

    27 November 2024

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    Nomura executive’s travel ban raises concerns for foreign companies in China
    “When democratic countries do business in un-democratic countries, it exposes their staff, executives, and their investors to authoritarian systems that operate with impunity, and this puts them at significant risk,” says Radha Stirling, founder and CEO of Due Process In...

    6 October 2023

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    Asylum Applications - Withholding of removal - Expert testimony on human rights violations, torture and wrongful Interpol Red Notices
    Asylum applications are difficult at the best of times. But what happens when there is an Interpol Red Notice active or a trumped up criminal charge in another country? A country will be deterred from offering asylum and may even consider deportation. For people in th...

    5 September 2022

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    André Gauthier: A victim of West's consent to Dubai money laundering
    André Gauthier: Victim of the West turning a blind eye to Dubai money laundering

    12 May 2021

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    André Gauthier HOME after Dubai jail nightmare
    Press Release: André Gauthier returns to Canada after Dubai jail nightmare

    9 May 2021

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