The UK’s Jeremy Hunt Says The UK Is Grateful To The UAE For Pardoning The Student Charged With Spying
The United Kingdom’s foreign secretary, Jeremy Hunt has said the UK is grateful to the UAE for pardoning the man charged with espionage, Matthew Hedges.
Hunt shared a tweet to his official twitter account on Monday, following news that Matthew Hedges would be pardoned as part of UAE National Day celebrations.
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.
— Jeremy Hunt (@Jeremy_Hunt) November 26, 2018
Hedges was imprisoned after being detained in May, at Dubai Airport, for seeking out sensitive information regarding national security issues without permissions.
He was sentenced to life imprisonment last week.
