A panel of Dubai judges on Tuesday rejected Andre Gauthier’s appeal on a technicality, according to Gauthier’s son, Alexis. He said his father, who has been detained off and on in the Middle East since December 2015, will remain in a Dubai prison indefinitely. The Gauthier family says Andre was a whistleblower who alerted authorities in the United Arab Emirates to irregular dealings in a gold-trading company, Gold AE. “Minister Champagne is in touch with the Gauthier family and has raised the case directly with his counterpart. Stirling said two Dubai court-appointed experts who analyzed the facts in the case exonerated Gauthier of any wrongdoing.

Source: thestar December 24, 2019 16:31 UTC