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we don't get to hear from jagtar directly-— jagtar directly.nst him. well, jagtar travelled _ been brought against him. well, jagtar travelled to _ been brought against him. well, jagtar travelled to india - been brought against him. well, jagtar travelled to india to - been brought against him. -ii jagtar travelled to india to get married and he got married two weeks after his marriage he was out shopping with his wife and another cousin. the car was intercepted by unknown men. he was taken out of the car, hooted and bundled into a van and taken away. since that day he remains incarcerated. this was 2017, remember. the nightmare has been ongoing for nearly five years. we have been advocating for his release, pushing on the indian government to release him, but the uk government have said that they are doing all they can, but they haven't been doing all they can because they have failed first of all to acknowledge she was unfairly detained. eventually borisjohnson has confirmed he is unfairly detained but has failed to call for the release of j

to jagtar singh johal�*s case.gtar sinthohal — a sikh activist and blogger. in 2017, he was in india for his wedding. these pictures are from there. a few days later, he was snatched off a street in punjab by indian police. he says he was then tortured, including through electrocution. india denies those allegations. he's been injail ever since. the bbc has been hearing from his brother. the uk government have said they're doing all they can but they haven't been doing all they can because they failed to acknowledge thieves arbitrarily detained and has confirmed that they are arbitrarily detained and failed to call for his release. it is been a nightmare as rather family have been feeling. let's take a look at how the international community has responded. borisjohnson said he spoke about mrjohal�*s case with indian prime minister narendra modi during an official visit in april this year. theresa may — who was prime minister before him — reportedly did the same. and this is from the un last month. it says there's "

we don't get to hear from jagtar directly.ons, have uncovered what they call compelling evidence that british evidence job to men, they call compelling evidence that british evidencejob to men, gave evidence to the indian authorities partially leading to his address —— it was a british evidence that dobbed him in. i have heard from the all parliamentary group on extraordinary rendition, they said the government's own positions on torture which are designed to ensure the uk is not involved in it appeared to be bridged, parliament and the public cannot have confidence the uk is not involved in kidnap and torture. pretty damning. they have to get to the bottom of this, m15 and m16 are awash with lawyers, they have almost more lawyers, they have almost more lawyers than spies, they had to follow the law otherwise credibility is at stake. ., ~ , ., ., ~ ukraine is bracing itself for a possible wave of heightened russian aggression after us officials warned russia is likely to step up attacks on civilian infrastructure and governmen

jagtar sinthohal, a sikh activist and blogger from scotland, was seized by indian police five years ago been raised by successive prime ministers. now the human rights group reprieve has shown the bbc documents which they say prove that his arrest came after a tip—off from british intelligence. our security correspondent frank gardener has more. his case is serious enough that it has been raised by both theresa may and borisjohnson as recently as april. india, i should say, denies allegations of torture. the new part here is that reprieve and redress, human rights organisations, have gone very carefully through a report by the intelligence watchdog, which oversees the work of mi5 and mi6, and they are convinced that this story matches up a case where a tip—off was given by mi5 and mi6 to the indian authorities, which ultimately led to his arrest. i put it to the foreign office, if it is not the right man, now is the time to tell us, because we will look idiots. all they have said is that it would be inappropriate to comment on an ongoing legal case. make of that what you will. let's tak

we don't get to hear from jagtar directly.rnment has done enough. the fact the cross—party parliamentary group hasissued the cross—party parliamentary group has issued a statement today saying this does appear to be a breach of government policy and very depressing they say how can parliament and the public have confidence that the intelligence agencies are following the letter of the law when something like this happens. separately the brother he saw the who is incarcerated in india has taken out a claim against the british government in the high court against the home office and the attorney general. i have pushed those institutions for answers on this and i have said if reprieve have got this wrong and it is the wrong person now is the time to tell us because i have no wish to sit here and for us to make idiots of ourselves and say action it is the wrong guy. but reprieve is adamant they are correct, they have much details from documents published by the watchdog that oversees british intelligence and the fact that nobody h

tipped off the indian authorities about a british man who was later seized and allegedly tortured. jagtarof torture. but why is india interested in the man in the first place? well, let's hear more on that from frank gardner. he isa he is a human rights activist, very much looking at seek cases of alleged human rights abuses against sikh nationals and a of glasgow, he is part of a sikh community and reprieve and redressed to organisations that look into cases of mistreatment of prisoners are convinced that he had come under and had to be examined by five british domestic intelligence agencies and as part of the intelligence sharing arrangements with india, they passed whatever info it was to them which reprieve sis contributed to his arrest and according to him, his mistreatment and electrocution of sensitive parts of the body, awful stuff. india denies it is happened and he has been examined, he certainly has not been well treated. his cases been raised more than once by british prime ministers, theresa may and borisjohnson as recently april when he went to india. and what is really shoc

jagtar sinthohal, a sikh activist and bloggerfrom scotland, was seized by indian police five years agoieve has shown the bbc documents which they say prove that his arrest came after a tip—off from british intelligence. 0ur security correspondent frank gardener is here. tell us more about this. it is a rim tell us more about this. it is a grim story. — tell us more about this. it is a grim story. he _ tell us more about this. it is a grim story, he was _ tell us more about this. it is a grim story, he was on - tell us more about this. it is a grim story, he was on his - tell us more about this. it is a - grim story, he was on his honeymoon backin grim story, he was on his honeymoon back in 2017 when a car stopped, unmarked, men came out, unidentified men, bundled him into it, puta unmarked, men came out, unidentified men, bundled him into it, put a hood over his head, and he alleges he was severely tortured with electric shocks, and forced to sign blank sheets of paper which led to his confession. the case is serious enough that it has been raised by both theresa may and borisjohnson a