Arbitrary detention victims urge Starmer to demand Jagtar Singh Johal’s release

<p>Sisters of Alaa Abd el-Fattah among those calling on PM to press Narendra Modi over Scottish activist’s imprisonment</p><p>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.</p><p>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.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/oct/01/keir-starmer-narendra-modi-india-jagtar-singh-johal-release">Continue reading...</a>