31 year old PHD student from UK jailed for life in Dubai for spying

[imisslily]

Anyone know much about this case? What are his motives for spying? Is it that bad that it warrants a life sentence?

British man sentenced to life in prison after arrest in Dubai for 'spying'


A British academic has been sentenced to life in prison in the United Arab Emirates on charges he was spying for the United Kingdom — a verdict that Britain described as shocking as it urged the Middle East country to reconsider its decision.

Key points:

• Hedges and the UK Government deny he was spying for Britain
• A life sentence for foreigners in UAE is a maximum 25 years
• UK authorities are urging their Emirati counterparts to reconsider the sentence

Matthew Hedges, a 31-year-old PhD student in Middle Eastern Studies at Durham University, was arrested at Dubai Airport on May 5 and detained.

 

[frigidweirdo]

Anyone know much about this case? What are his motives for spying? Is it that bad that it warrants a life sentence?

British man sentenced to life in prison after arrest in Dubai for 'spying'


A British academic has been sentenced to life in prison in the United Arab Emirates on charges he was spying for the United Kingdom — a verdict that Britain described as shocking as it urged the Middle East country to reconsider its decision.

Key points:

• Hedges and the UK Government deny he was spying for Britain
• A life sentence for foreigners in UAE is a maximum 25 years
• UK authorities are urging their Emirati counterparts to reconsider the sentence

Matthew Hedges, a 31-year-old PhD student in Middle Eastern Studies at Durham University, was arrested at Dubai Airport on May 5 and detained.

You never really know. The British Secret Service might hire people and put them on PhD programs as cover, or he might just be a PhD student. But if he's doing research, then like the right wing in the US, people start getting very nervous around educated people who are trying to find stuff out.

 

[Penelope]

Why should we care, Trump has a golf course there. We are going to do nothing.