UK foreign secretary thanks UAE over release of British student
Monday 26/November/2018 - 03:48 PM
British student Matthew Hedges
UK Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt on Monday termed
the UAE pardon granted for British student Matthew Hedges as "fantastic
news".
On his twitter account, Hunt said:"Fantastic
news about Matthew Hedges. Although we didn’t agree with charges we are
grateful to UAE govt for resolving issue speedily. But also a bittersweet
moment as we remember Nazanin &other innocent ppl detained in Iran. Justice
won’t be truly done until they too are safely home."
Hedges, a student at Durham University in the UK,
was convicted by the UAE Federal Court of Appeal (the country's highest federal
court) and sentenced to life in prison on Wednesday for attempting to procure
sensitive information during a trip to the UAE this year.
