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Government urged to upgrade travel warning for ‘police state’ Egypt following ongoing detention of Alaa Abd el-Fattah

Former ambassador to Egypt John Casson is among figures calling on the government to ‘deploy the full range of tools it has to protect British citizens’

The Independent UK

Egypt illegally detaining Alaa Abd el-Fattah, UN investigators find

Report says British-Egyptian writer held for expressing political views and should be released without delay

The Guardian - UK

Former prisoners and hostages urge Starmer to secure release of Jimmy Lai

Call for UK PM to act urgently over pro-democracy campaigner who has spent 1,602 days in solitary confinement

The Guardian - UK

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Crumble, cookies and madeleines – recipes of hope for Iran’s jailed women

Sepideh Gholian’s diary of prison life came out four years ago. Next month, she will publish a cookbook to honour her fellow inmates

The Guardian - UK

UK Couple Detained In Iran Ignored Travel Warnings: Full List Of No-Go Countries For Brits Revealed

As of February 2025, Iran is one of several countries on the list where the FCDO advises against all travel due to ongoing political tensions, security risks, and the possibility of arrest.

International Business Times UK

Freed Iran prisoner tells detained Britons not to submit to false confessions

Craig and Lindsay Foreman have been detained in Iran, where Anoosheh Ashoori was previously jailed for almost five years.

Evening Standard

British motorcycling couple detained in Iran charged with espionage

Craig and Lindsay Foreman accused of entering country ‘under guise of tourists’

The Guardian - UK

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UK must act more promptly over latest Iran detentions, says Richard Ratcliffe

Husband of Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe expresses concern for Craig and Lindsay Foreman who were held in January

The Guardian - UK

Richard Ratcliffe: Government must act fast to help British couple held in Iran

Craig and Lindsay Foreman have been detained in the Middle Eastern country, which previously held Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe for six years.

Evening Standard

Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe on motherhood, missing home and surviving prison in Iran

‘My heart beats every single day for what happens in my country’ she said

The Independent UK

Tulip Siddiq: Allegations of corruption, a dramatic resignation and still serious questions to answer

Inside a torrid week for the MP for Hampstead

Evening Standard

Tulip Siddiq: Her despotic aunt, controversial properties and serious questions over her future in government

We’ve all been there — a much-loved (if rather overbearing) relative is in the neighbourhood and you just have to catch up. That, in her telling, explains Tulip Siddiq’s presence in Moscow in 2013.

Evening Standard

Who is Tulip Siddiq? Anti-corruption minister at the centre of family property controversy resigns from Government

The Treasury minister is under pressure over her use of homes that were reportedly gifted to her but has denied any wrongdoing

Evening Standard

Former soldier Daniel Khalife found guilty of spying for Iran

Khalife convicted of two counts relating to espionage, having admitted to prison escape while on remand

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‘It’s about political will’: is the Foreign Office failing Britons detained abroad?

Relatives and campaigners hope Labour will usher in a step-change in the handling of hostage cases

Evening Standard

Daniel Khalife ‘endangered Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe’ with fake intelligence

Khalife’s document set out that the UK was not willing to engage with Iran over her release, it is alleged.

The Guardian - UK

BBC presenter Emma Barnett reveals her side hustle – colouring books

The Today programme cohost has a new family enterprise with her husband Jeremy Weil, publishing sketches of landmarks in UK cities, and soon the world

Evening Standard

BBC drama to tell story of Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe and her family's bid to free her from an Iranian jail

The four part drama will retell the family’s story.

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The Independent UK

Children of jailed Iranian human rights activist accept her Nobel Peace Prize

Narges Mohammadi’s prison sentence has been decried as politically motivated by the international community

WEKU

Irish writer Paul Lynch wins Booker Prize for dystopian novel 'Prophet Song'

Lynch, 46, had been the bookies' favorite to win the prestigious prize, which usually brings a big boost in sales.

The Independent UK

Zaghari-Ratcliffe left The Handmaid’s Tale in her prison’s ‘secret library’

There have been protests in Iran over laws about what women can wear in public.

Evening Standard

Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe: What Iran jail hell taught me about freedom of speech

EXCLUSIVE: Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe shared a bunk with one of Evin prison’s pillars of resilience. She tells the Standard of what she learned about Iran’s state-sponsored cancel culture and repression

The National (Scotland)

UK must call for Jagtar Singh Johal's release, says Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe

A WOMAN who spent years in an Iranian jail has called on the Government to urge India to release Jagtar Singh Johal.

The Independent UK

Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe tells of ‘constant worry’ for family in Iran

After spending six years in prison in Iran, she also said she found it ‘very hard to adjust’ to being back in the UK.

Evening Standard

David Lammy: Our plan for special envoy to free UK citizens seized abroad

Exclusive: Shadow Foreign Secretary tells British citizens detained abroad: ‘You are not forgotten’

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