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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Patrick Wintour Diplomatic editor

British activist denied bail after years in Indian jail without trial

The face of Jagtar Singh Johal, who in 2017 was bundled into a car by police and tortured, according to Reprieve.
Jagtar Singh Johal was bundled into a car by police in 2017 and tortured, according to Reprieve. Photograph: Family handout/PA

Delhi’s high court has denied bail to the British activist Jagtar Singh Johal, who has been imprisoned in India for nearly seven years, in seven cases brought against him by the country’s National Investigations Agency.

The ruling has shocked family and supporters who claim it should jolt the British government into recognising that Johal is not receiving justice at the hands of the Indian legal system.

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