You put trade before my brother's rights
Daily Record|January 30, 2024
Family hit out as UK refuses to demand release
GEMMA RYDER
You put trade before my brother's rights

THE brother of a Scot detained in India has slammed Foreign Secretary David Cameron after he confirmed the UK Government would not be calling for his release.

Jagtar Singh Johal, a Sikh blogger, was in Punjab in India for his wedding in 2017 when he was locked up and accused of being involved in a political murder plot.

The Dumbarton man said he had been tortured with methods including electric shocks and faces the death penalty over his activism and campaigning for Sikh human rights.

This story is from the January 30, 2024 edition of Daily Record.

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