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UN Body Warns India of Consequences if Christian Michel Is Not Released Immediately
The aviation consultant, who has been in detention since he was brought to India in December 2018, should also be allowed to seek compensation and other reparations, the indictment says.
Christian Michel Photo: PTI
World03/Mar/2021
London: In a somewhat stinging, apparently unanimous 16-page indictment issued on February 22, the United Nationsâ Working Group on Arbitrary Detention (WGAD) found the Narendra Modi government culpable on every count on complaints made in the matter of extraditing and imprisoning without a trial British businessman Christian Michel.
It also warned there will be consequences if the Indian government did not comply with its direction to release him immediately. The order is likely to be made public later this week, but this correspondent has obtained advanced sight of it.