British academic Matthew Hedges has started legal proceedings against four Emirati officials accused of involvement in his detention and torture in the UAE.
Hedges was detained in the UAE in 2018 during a doctoral research trip to the Gulf state, when he was accused and convicted of spying for a foreign country . It is clear they have no interest in finding out who was responsible for my abuse. This total lack of redress has prolonged my trauma and made it very difficult to move on with my life. On top of that, the FCDO has not done enough to help me clear my name