The Parliamentary Ombudsman rules that the Foreign Office failed to protect Matthew Hedges.
The Foreign Office has been told to make a formal apology to a British academic who was accused of spying and tortured in the United Arab Emirates.
He called the Parliamentary Ombudsman's ruling that the Foreign Office failed to protect him "a personal victory".The watchdog said the department had "missed signs of potential torture". FCDO guidelines tell staff to act on warning signs even when they do not have consent and "it must have been clear to FCDO staff that he was not in a position to give or withhold consent", the watchdog added."It's a personal victory for me to know that it wasn't just my experience but others recognised it," he said.
Dr Hedges said he was kept in handcuffs and in solitary confinement, questioned for hours and fed a cocktail of drugs. He said he was left with post traumatic stress disorder and insomnia.The watchdog has now found the Foreign Office failed to protect him and should pay £1,500 compensation.
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