Matthew Hedges: jailed British academic pardoned by UAE
 

Durham student given life sentence on spying charges granted ‘gracious clemency’


Matthew Hedges, the 31-year-old British academic jailed for life on spying charges by the United Arab Emirates, has been granted a presidential pardon by the country’s rulers.

His release once formalities are completed follows intense lobbying by the British foreign secretary, Jeremy Hunt, amid an international outcry that left the UAE scrambling to produce evidence to justify claims that Hedges was a spy.

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