A CROSS-PARTY group of more than 70 MPs has written a letter to the Prime Minister demanding he raise the case of a Scot facing the death penalty in…
A CROSS-PARTY group of more than 70 MPs has written a letter to the Prime Minister demanding he raise the case of a Scot facing the death penalty in India when he goes to the G20 this weekend.
Rishi Sunak is facing increased pressure to urge Indian premier Narendra Modi to release a Dumbarton man who says he has been tortured and arbitrarily detained in the country. Jagtar Singh Johal, nicknamed Jaggi, has been in prison since 2017, when he was arrested while in India to get married. The campaign group Reprieve, which has been campaigning for his release and accuses Indian authorities of torturing Johal in prison, said he was hooded, bundled into a car by plainclothes police, and made to sign blank pieces of paper in custody.Indian authorities of 10 counts of murder and conspiracy to commit murder – which he deniesInstead, he says he has been targeted by the authorities for his work highlighting alleged human rights abuses against the Sikh minority in India.
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