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The UK\u2019s intelligence agencies MI5 and MI6 provided a tip-off that led to the detention and torture of British blogger Jagtar Singh Johal, it is claimed in a legal claim filed by Mr Johal and supported by Reprieve and REDRESS. \u202f <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jagtar Singh Johal is a British man from Dumbarton, who visited India for his wedding in 2017. Shortly after his wedding, Jagtar and his wife were out shopping when he was abducted off the street, having a sack put over his head and bundled into a car. For 10 days he was held incommunicado and not allowed to see a lawyer, his family members, or a representative of the British High Commission. He was tortured into signing a false \u2018confession\u2019, including through electric shocks to his ear lobes, nipples, and genitals, and the police bringing petrol into his cell and threatening to burn him alive. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Evidence has now been uncovered that the British intelligence agencies, MI5 and MI6, may have contributed to Jagtar\u2019s detention and torture by sharing intelligence with the Indian authorities when there was a real risk that Jagtar could be tortured, mistreated, or face the death penalty.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jagtar\u2019s legal team at Leigh Day is arguing that he appears to be the individual described anonymously in a report by the UK\u2019s Investigatory Powers Commissioner\u2019s Office (IPCO), which sets out how MI5 and MI6 passed information about a British national to foreign authorities who then detained and tortured them, based on striking similarities between this case study and Jagtar\u2019s case. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jagtar is asking the Government to grant him redress for the harm he has suffered and recognise its actions were unlawful. He has also sought a public apology for the Government\u2019s role in his suffering. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

This year the\u00a0United\u00a0Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention\u00a0determined\u00a0that Jagtar\u2019s detention “lacks [a] legal basis”, was based on \u201cdiscriminatory grounds\u201d owing to his Sikh faith and his \u201cstatus as a human rights defender\u201d.\u00a0The\u00a0opinion states\u00a0that Jagtar\u00a0was \u201csubjected to torture\u201d and that he\u00a0was \u201ctargeted because of his activities as a Sikh practitioner and supporter and because of his activism in writing public posts calling for accountability for alleged actions committed against Sikhs by the authorities\u201d.\u00a0The UN\u00a0concluded that the\u00a0appropriate resolution would be to \u201crelease Mr. Johal immediately and accord him an enforceable right to compensation and other reparations, in accordance\u00a0with international law\u201d.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Gurpreet Singh Johal, Jagtar\u2019s brother, said: <\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI never imagined the scenes I\u2019d seen in horror movies of people being abducted by a foreign Government and violently tortured could become a reality for someone in my family. When it did, I expected our Government would do everything in its power to save my brother. The twist is that not only has our Government abandoned one of its own citizens, it\u2019s actively betrayed him. <\/em> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIf this can happen to my brother, it could happen to any British national traveling overseas. Jagtar\u2019s only \u2018crime\u2019 was writing blogs exposing the Indian Government\u2019s mistreatment of Sikhs, and the United Nations says this is the reason he\u2019s been targeted. The UK should be championing free speech around the world, not assisting repressive regimes to torture and lock up British nationals who dare to criticise them. We need answers and accountability to make sure no other British family is put through this living hell.\u201d<\/em>  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rupert Skilbeck, Director of REDRESS, said:<\/strong>\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Jagtar’s case demonstrates how important it is that there is a full review of the way that the UK government responds when UK citizens are tortured abroad, including a careful examination of the role of the intelligence community in this case. Where there is any suggestion of collusion then there must be a full investigation, as there can be no immunity for torture.”<\/em> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Maya Foa, Director of Reprieve, said: <\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

“It was already a scandal that when a British national was snatched off the street by Indian authorities while on his honeymoon, Boris Johnson left him to rot for five years before finally admitting he was being arbitrarily detained. Now it appears the UK Government hasn\u2019t just been negligent, but may have unlawfully enabled his abduction and brutal torture through a tip off to the Indian authorities.<\/em> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe very least we can expect of our Government is not to share intelligence that leads to us being detained and tortured overseas. We\u2019re talking about a British blogger who United Nations experts say has been targeted because he spoke out against abuses committed against the Sikh community in India – the UK Government must finally bring him home.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Leigh Day partner Waleed Sheikh said:<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cOur client is a British man from Dumbarton who has now been detained in an Indian prison for more than four and a half years, without prospect of trial or release in the near future. It is vitally important for our client and his family to understand whether or not and to what extent the UK authorities were involved in sharing intelligence that may have led to our client\u2019s arrest and subsequent detention and torture. It would be totally unacceptable for the UK Government\u2019s actions to have placed an individual, let alone a British citizen, at risk of torture or the death penalty.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Notes to editors: <\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

For further details or to arrange an interview please contact Eva Sanchis of REDRESS at eva@redress.org\u00a0or +44(0) 20 7793 1777 and\/or Georgie Robertson of Reprieve at media@reprieve.org.uk or +447984455763 <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention\u2019s\u00a0opinion\u00a0on Jagtar Singh Johal\u2019s case can be found here:\u00a0https:\/\/www.ohchr.org\/sites\/default\/files\/2022-05\/A-HRC-WGAD-2021-80-India-AEV.pdf<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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