"The sisters of the British-Egyptian human rights campaigner Alaa Abd el-Fattah have intervened for the first time since his release from prison in Egypt to call on Keir Starmer to push Narendra Modi to free a British Sikh activist when he meets the Indian prime minister next week. Jagtar Singh Johal, from Dumbarton, has been held in an Indian jail for nearly eight years without facing full trial in what his supporters say is an arbitrary and egregious denial of justice by a British ally."
"Mona and Sanaa Seif sisters of Abd el-Fattah, who was released from a Cairo jail a fortnight ago after years of campaigning have joined forces with other victims of arbitrary detention to urge Starmer to warn the Indian prime minister that the continued mistreatment of Johal will have long-lasting consequences for the British-Indian bilateral relationship. Johal, from Dumbarton, was in India to get married when he was seized by plainclothes officers in 2017."
Mona and Sanaa Seif, sisters of Alaa Abd el-Fattah, intervened after his release to call on Keir Starmer to press Narendra Modi to free Jagtar Singh Johal. Johal has been detained in India for nearly eight years after being seized by plainclothes officers in 2017 while in India to get married. He has not been convicted and was acquitted in March in one of nine cases when a court found the prosecution failed to prove its case. He faces terrorism charges alleging membership of the Khalistan Liberation Force. Supporters describe the detention as arbitrary and warn of diplomatic consequences for UK-India relations.
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