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UAE Pardons U.K. Academic of Spying After Months of Imprisonment

HeadlineNov 26, 2018

In the United Arab Emirates, British academic Matthew Hedges has been pardoned. Hedges, a Ph.D. candidate at Durham University in the United Kingdom, was imprisoned for months without charge, denied sufficient medical and legal assistance and held for prolonged periods in solitary confinement. Last month, the UAE charged him with spying. Hedges has denied the charges.

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