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Scot detained in India for five years begs Liz Truss not to swap his freedom for trade deals in handwritten note

Jagtar Singh Johal, from Dumbarton, was arrested when he was in India for his wedding in 2017 over his activism and campaigning for Sikh human rights.

Daily Record

Dumbarton man Jagtar Johal Singh facing death penalty in India as calls made for his release

West Dunbartonshire Council was unanimous in agreeing a motion calling on the UK Foreign Secretary to advocate for the release of Mr Johal, who faces the death penalty.

Glasgow Live

How the Bahrain judicial system fails its migrant workers

From labour exploitation to torturous conditions in confinement, the rights of foreign workers facing the death penalty in Bahrain are often neglected.

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Brit 'tortured' and facing death sentence in India 'after tip-off from UK intelligence'

Mr Johal is a Sikh activist and blogger but Indian authorities suspect he is a member of the Khalistan Liberation Force, a banned terrorist organisation and accuse him of funding assassinations

Daily Mirror

'My brother could be hanged - and it will be on the UK Government’s hands'

THE brother of Jagtar Singh Johal has revealed his family’s heartbreak after finally being able to tell them about the UK Government’s potential…

The National (Scotland)

MI5 accused off tip-off which saw Scots groom abducted and tortured in India

Jagtar Singh Johal, from Dumbarton, was in Punjab in northern India for his wedding in 2017 when his family say he was arrested and bundled into an unmarked car.

Daily Record

Jagtar Singh Johal's MP wants to know which UK ministers were involved in alleged tip-off

THE MP of Jagtar Singh Johal has demanded to know which UK Government ministers were in the chain that apparently led to intelligence being shared…

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British spies accused of supplying information that led to abduction and torture of Scot

Jagtar Singh Johal, from Dumbarton, was in Punjab in northern India for his wedding in 2017, when his family say he was arrested and bundled into an unmarked car.

Daily Record

Jagtar Singh: British national arrested in India and allegedly tortured after tip-off from UK intelligence agencies

Johal was arrested by Indian authorities in November 2017, just weeks after his wedding

The Independent UK

Boris Johnson slammed for response to Jagtar Singh Johal detention

A HUMAN rights group and an SNP MP have both slammed Boris Johnson for his response to the detainment and torture of Jagtar Singh Johal.

The National (Scotland)

Spy agencies accused of tip-off that led to Jagtar Singh Johal arrest

The United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention has previously determined that Mr Johal’s detention ‘lacks legal basis’.

The Independent UK

British Sikh activist ‘tortured in India after tip-off from UK intelligence’

Lawyers for Jagtar Singh Johal say he was given electric shocks after unlawful arrest in Punjab in 2017

The Guardian - UK

Spy agencies accused of tip-off which led to torture of Scot in India

UK intelligence agencies have been accused of tipping off Indian authorities about a Scottish man prior to his abduction and alleged torture by…

The National (Scotland)

Anthony Joshua urged to speak out on human rights abuses in Saudi Arabia

On the eve of his fight against Oleksandr Usyk in Jeddah, Anthony Joshua has been urged to speak out on human rights abuses in Saudi Arabia in a letter sent by a pro-democracy activist whose brother was executed by the state in March

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The Independent UK

Afghan national freed from Guantanamo Bay after 15 years

The U.S. Defense Department says an Afghan prisoner held in U.S. custody for nearly 15 years has been released from the Guantanamo Bay detention center

The Guardian - UK

UK officials in line for immunity in assisting crimes overseas, say critics

Exclusive: Draft security bill would let spies and ministers enable killings and torture, warn charity and ex-minister

The Guardian - UK

Starmer urges PM to request India release UK citizen Jagtar Singh Johal

Labour leader writes to Boris Johnson after UN working group declared Johal’s five-year detention arbitrary

The Guardian - UK

MPs call for British child and ill mother to be returned to UK from Syrian camp

Mother is unlikely to survive without medical intervention, leaving her young son orphaned, say doctors

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The Independent UK

Disabled Malaysian loses appeal, will be hanged in Singapore

A lawyer and activists say a Malaysian man with a mental disability lost his final legal appeal against his death sentence in Singapore and will be executed soon

Evening Standard

Formula 1 accused of ‘sportswashing a blood-soaked regime’ with Saudi Arabian Grand Prix

Formula 1 bosses have been accused of “sportswashing Mohammed bin Salman’s blood-soaked regime” on the eve of the second running of the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix.

The Guardian - UK

F1 faces calls to quit Saudi Arabia while prisoner’s family asks Hamilton to help

The human rights group Reprieve has demanded F1 ends its association with Saudi Arabia, after the family of a teenager sentenced to death pleaded with Lewis Hamilton to speak out

Daily Record

Brit gran's 20 years on death row for murder of mum and attempted kidnap of baby

Linda Carty, who is the only British woman awaiting execution in the US, was charged with the murder of her neighbour Joana Rodriguez back in 2001.

The Guardian - UK

The Saudi regime just executed 81 people – so why is Boris Johnson cosying up to it?

The UK needs to reduce its reliance on Russian oil. But the answer is not a kingdom that has just staged its largest mass execution, says Maya Foa, director of Reprieve

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