A British student who was chained and drugged after being accused of spying says the government is on the verge of giving the "green light" to torture.
Matthew Hedges spent seven months in a detention centre in the United Arab Emirates after being arrested during a research trip in 2018.
During his ordeal, he was mercilessly interrogated, tried to take his own life and heard other inmates being raped. Matthew was forced to take a toxic mixture of medication which left him sick and disorientated, and was chained in a windowless room surrounded by lights and cameras, unable to sleep for days.
Tormented by the sound of other prisoners screaming in pain, the Durham University student confessed to being an MI5 officer - despite it not being
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