LEGAL ACTIONS | Nostromo Attack

​Detained in Dubai founder Radha Stirling commented, “This incident needs to be properly analysed by the US government and the courts to ensure it never happens again. No US citizen on a US flagged yacht should ever be abducted again. This was a blatant violation of international law and the beginning of the escalating belligerence of Gulf nationals, ultimately leading to Khashoggi’s execution.

“We must ensure justice is done in this case, or we will see more acts of violence in the future.

“The lives of 5 American, Filipino, and European citizens were irreversibly upturned by the despotic actions of the UAE. Herve Jaubert and his crew were beaten, held at gunpoint, abducted, and told they would be killed, dismembered, and scattered in the desert. The Nostromo was looted, and Jaubert, who risked his life to help Latifa, has been slandered as a kidnapper. Lives have been ruined. International law has been broken; two US allies collaborated in a reckless act of military aggression against an American private vessel outside their jurisdiction; and no one has been held accountable.”

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