Brit academic jailed for life for spying in UAE (CNN)

A British academic has been sentenced to life in prison for spying in the United Arab Emirates, according to a family spokeswoman. Matthew Hedges, 31, and a specialist in Middle Eastern studies at Durham University in England, was arrested on…

Matthew Hedges: Wife urges UAE to free husband held since May (BBC)

A British student has been detained for the last five months in the United Arab Emirates “without explanation” after a research trip, his wife has said. Matthew Hedges, a PhD student at Durham University, has been held in solitary confinement…

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