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UK Academic Says Was Forced By UAE To Confess To Spying Charges
British academic Matthew Hedges said he had "no other option but to confess" during nearly seven months of detention in the United Arab Emirates on espionage charges.
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Was Psychologically Tortured, Says Student Accused Of Spying In UAE
A British man convicted in the United Arab Emirates for spying said today he was psychologically tortured and that his captors asked him to turn double agent against the British government.
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British Academic Arrives In London From UAE After Spy Conviction Pardon
A flight carrying British academic Matthew Hedges landed at London Heathrow airport today, a day after he was pardoned in the United Arab Emirates from a life sentence for spying, a news agency Reuters photographer said.
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UAE Pardons British Student Minutes After Showing 'Spy Confession' Video
The United Arab Emirates on Monday pardoned a British academic jailed for life on spying charges, granting his family's request for clemency minutes after showing a video of him purportedly confessing to being a member of Britain's intelligence agency MI6.
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UAE Signals Jailed British Student Could Be Freed In "Amicable Solution"
The United Arab Emirates signalled on Friday that a British academic jailed for life on spying charges could be freed after his family appealed for clemency.
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"Free My Husband", Pleads Wife Of UK Academic Jailed In UAE
The wife of a British academic jailed by a UAE court on spying charges called on the Emirati authorities on Thursday to review her husband's life sentence and set him free.
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Wife Of British Student Jailed In UAE For Spying Says London Ignored Her Pleas
The wife of a British scholar Matthew Hedges who was sentenced to life for spying in the United Arab Emirates accused the Foreign Office on Thursday of ignoring her pleas for help.
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British Student Accused Of Spying, Sentenced To Life Imprisonment In UAE
A United Arab Emirates court sentenced British student Matthew Hedges to life in jail on Wednesday after convicting him of spying, a family spokesperson said.
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British Student Charged With Spying In UAE, Released On Bail
A British academic charged with espionage in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) has been released on bail, two sources familiar with the matter told Reuters on Monday. Matthew Hedges, a 31-year-old doctoral student at Durham University, was arrested on May 5 at Dubai airport after a two-week research visit. He was formally charged this month with spyin...
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UAE Court To Review Evidence In British Student Spying Case: His Wife
A United Arab Emirates court has postponed hearing the case of a British academic charged with espionage until November21 to re-examine the evidence, his wife said on Thursday.
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UK Academic Says Was Forced By UAE To Confess To Spying Charges
British academic Matthew Hedges said he had "no other option but to confess" during nearly seven months of detention in the United Arab Emirates on espionage charges.
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Was Psychologically Tortured, Says Student Accused Of Spying In UAE
A British man convicted in the United Arab Emirates for spying said today he was psychologically tortured and that his captors asked him to turn double agent against the British government.
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British Academic Arrives In London From UAE After Spy Conviction Pardon
A flight carrying British academic Matthew Hedges landed at London Heathrow airport today, a day after he was pardoned in the United Arab Emirates from a life sentence for spying, a news agency Reuters photographer said.
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UAE Pardons British Student Minutes After Showing 'Spy Confession' Video
The United Arab Emirates on Monday pardoned a British academic jailed for life on spying charges, granting his family's request for clemency minutes after showing a video of him purportedly confessing to being a member of Britain's intelligence agency MI6.
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UAE Signals Jailed British Student Could Be Freed In "Amicable Solution"
The United Arab Emirates signalled on Friday that a British academic jailed for life on spying charges could be freed after his family appealed for clemency.
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"Free My Husband", Pleads Wife Of UK Academic Jailed In UAE
The wife of a British academic jailed by a UAE court on spying charges called on the Emirati authorities on Thursday to review her husband's life sentence and set him free.
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Wife Of British Student Jailed In UAE For Spying Says London Ignored Her Pleas
The wife of a British scholar Matthew Hedges who was sentenced to life for spying in the United Arab Emirates accused the Foreign Office on Thursday of ignoring her pleas for help.
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British Student Accused Of Spying, Sentenced To Life Imprisonment In UAE
A United Arab Emirates court sentenced British student Matthew Hedges to life in jail on Wednesday after convicting him of spying, a family spokesperson said.
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British Student Charged With Spying In UAE, Released On Bail
A British academic charged with espionage in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) has been released on bail, two sources familiar with the matter told Reuters on Monday. Matthew Hedges, a 31-year-old doctoral student at Durham University, was arrested on May 5 at Dubai airport after a two-week research visit. He was formally charged this month with spyin...
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UAE Court To Review Evidence In British Student Spying Case: His Wife
A United Arab Emirates court has postponed hearing the case of a British academic charged with espionage until November21 to re-examine the evidence, his wife said on Thursday.
