Starmer 'raised human rights' with UAE in efforts to free UK prisoner

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2024-12-11

London (PA Media/dpa) - British Prime Minister Keir Starmer "raised human rights" with the Emirati government during his visit to the Middle East, but did not say whether he had personally demanded the release of a British prisoner arbitrarily detained there. Ryan Cornelius was originally detained in the United Arab Emirates for 10 years as part of a bank fraud case, but authorities extended his detention by 20 years in 2018. A UN working group f......

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