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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Rajeev Syal

Priti Patel accused of trying to deport former Iranian police officer to Rwanda

Priti Patel
Priti Patel announced last week that the first deportation flight to Rwanda would leave on 14 June. Photograph: Danny Lawson/PA

Priti Patel has been accused of trying to deport a former senior Iranian police officer who fled to the UK after giving first-hand testimony of potential human rights violations by the Iranian government.

Counsel for the Iran Atrocities Tribunal –also known as the Aban Tribunal – in London has written to the home secretary saying that a named former officer in the Iranian police has been detained in the UK and been told he will be sent 4,000 miles to Rwanda next week.

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