British academic sues UAE officials over torture claims while in detention
Matthew Hedges, jailed for life and pardoned on spying charges, says there has been ‘total lack of redress’
Matthew Hedges is claiming damages in the high court in London for alleged assault, false imprisonment and the intentional infliction of psychiatric injury. Photograph: Reuters
Matthew Hedges is claiming damages in the high court in London for alleged assault, false imprisonment and the intentional infliction of psychiatric injury. Photograph: Reuters
Thu 6 May 2021 11.19 EDT
Last modified on Thu 6 May 2021 11.57 EDT
Matthew Hedges, the British academic convicted on spying charges by the United Arab Emirates after travelling to Dubai to conduct research, is suing four senior officials from the Gulf state he alleges were complicit in falsely imprisoning and torturing him.
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British academic files torture claim against UAE officials
Matthew Hedges says he hopes to clear his name in court, claiming he was held in solitary confinement and falsely accused of spying
6 May 2021 • 6:00am
British academic Matthew Hedges has lodged a civil claim against four Emirati officials he accuses of responsibility for his imprisonment in the United Arab Emirates
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A British academic has filed a civil case in the UK against four United Arab Emirates officials, claiming he was tortured after being falsely accused of spying in the UAE.
Matthew Hedges was arrested in the UAE in May 2018 while conducting research for his PhD at Durham University and charged with attempting to procure sensitive information.
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Zuma escapes UK anti-corruption sanctions but stench follows him
Wednesday May 05 2021
Former South African president Jacob Zuma appears before the Commission of Inquiry into State Capture that is probing wide-ranging allegations of corruption in government and state-owned companies in Johannesburg, on July 19, 2019. PHOTO | MIKE HUTCHINGS | AFP
Summary
The Gupta brothers are said to have committed “serious corruption” and were “at the heart of a long-running process of corruption in South Africa which caused significant damage to its economy.”
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When the UK Foreign Office announced, last week, sanctions imposed on the Gupta brothers under the new Global Anti-Corruption regime; there were questions on just how more of their alleged South African associates were not included in the measures.