A British academic wrongfully jailed for spying by the UAE on Tuesday criticised the University of Edinburgh for hosting an Emirati political scientist who vocally supported his detention. Matthew Hedges was held in an Abu Dhabi prison for six months in 2018, after the then PhD student at Durham University was accused by Emirati authorities of working for British spy agency MI6. After his arrest in Dubai, Hedges claims he was tortured, interrogated for up to 15 hours at a time and forced to take drugs, without any real access to legal counsel. He was convicted by a court to 25 years in jail for "spying for or on behalf of" the UK, but was later pardoned by the Emirati
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