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Matthew Hedges has disclosed new details about his capture in the UAE, stating he still relies on the drugs he was force-fed during captivity.
Hedges endured seven months in “just a room, no light, no natural air”, lit only by “dentist lights” after being accused and arrested by the UAE of spying on behalf of the British government.
He eventually received a presidential pardon and returned home, after campaigning efforts by his wife Daniela Tejada and help from the Foreign Office.
However since returning home Hedges has been struggling with the treatment he received from his captors. He was forced to take a cocktail of drugs, including Xanax, Valium and Ritalin. He recently told The Sunday Telegraph he was given “up to ten times too much of these drugs on a daily basis.”
Durham Students’ Union has accused the UK government of “empowering Holocaust deniers and flat-earthers” through its new Higher Education (Freedom of Speech) Bill, which legally obliges students’ unions to take steps to protect free speech.
The Bill, which may still be amended before it becomes law, would legally require universities to defend free speech and “help stamp out unlawful ‘silencing ”. This legal duty would also apply to students’ unions which “will have to take reasonably practicable steps to ensure lawful freedom of speech”.
The government claims it “has been clear throughout that it is important to distinguish between lawful, if offensive, views on one hand and unacceptable acts of abuse, intimidation, and violence on the other”. But Anna Marshall, Durham SU’s Opportunities Officer, told
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