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Heard on the radio earlier that the UAE were embarrassed by the comparisons with Iran over the weekend in the UK media. They are convinced he is guilty but the request for clemency had been granted "in consideration of the historical relationship and close ties between the UAE and the UK"...

Statement released - it was not a 5 minute trial, but a process that Judges considered for over a month. Like the UK, Govt does not interfere with the courts, but possible for an appeal or a pardon. Family have appealed for clemency and that is being considered. Talks with Jeremy Hunt were...

Maybe. I wonder why his interviews could not have been conducted via Skype? I suspect that is what the UAE authorities are wondering too.

Yes, I realise that. This is not just about a naive academic, but also his naive supervisors at Durham University who today have said 'there would now have to be "some kind of moratorium" on sending students to do field work in the UAE and the wider Gulf region'. No Sh*t, Sherlock.

No, it's what Durham University says he was doing.