The UK’s Jeremy Hunt Says The UK Is Grateful To The UAE For Pardoning The Student Charged With Spying

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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.

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.

Read: The UAE Government Has Made A Statement On The Detention Of A British Citizen Who’s Attracted Media Attention Internationally

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