Foreign Office 'failed to protect' Matthew Hedges from UAE torture
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1970-01-01 08:00
The Parliamentary Ombudsman rules that the Foreign Office failed to protect Matthew Hedges.

The Foreign Office has been told to make a formal apology to a British academic who was accused of spying and tortured in the United Arab Emirates.

Matthew Hedges, originally from Exeter, repeatedly denied the accusation and said he was researching for his Durham University PhD.

He called...

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