Saudi Babylon: Torture, Corruption and Cover-Up Inside the House of Saud - Couverture rigide

Hollingsworth, Mark; Mitchell, Sandy

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1840189614 ISBN 13 : 9781840189612

Editeur : Mainstream Publishing, 2005

Synopsis

Saudi Babylon is a shocking tale of a miscarriage of justice, but more disturbingly, it reveals how the British government behaves when one of its citizens is imprisoned by a regime with which it does business.

When Sandy Mitchell was arrested for his alleged involvement in two bombings in Saudi Arabia in December 2000, he thought it was a case of mistaken identity and that he would soon be released. Instead, he spent the next two-and-half-years in jail, where he was repeatedly tortured, before being forced to sign a confession and admit his guilt on Saudi television.

Throughout his incarceration the Saudi authorities knew that the attacks were the work of al-Qaeda militants. Yet they kept Mitchell in jail and refused him access to a lawyer for a year, during which time he was sentenced to death. His eventual release came before the penalty could be imposed.

Based on diaries and records of meetings with ministers and officials, this is a powerful exposé of how the British government acts when one of its own citizens is illegally imprisoned and tortured by a regime with which it does business.


From the Trade Paperback edition.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Mark Hollingsworth is an investigative journalist and author of several books, notably Thatcher's Gold and Defending the Realm: MI5 and the War on International Terrorism.

Sandy Mitchell was jailed in Saudi Arabia for his alleged role in a series of bomb attacks that began in 2000. He was granted clemency in 2003.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Mainstream Publishing
• Date d'édition: 2005
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1840189614
• ISBN 13: 9781840189612
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 244
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible