Matthew Hedges, 31, denied spying and said he had been researching his PhD. His wife, Daniela Tejada, who appealed for clemency, said she was "elated" and "can't wait to have him back home".

Four years before Matthew Hedges was wrongfully incarcerated for espionage by the UAE, David Haigh was unlawfully detained in the same authoritarian country for 22 months. ...

FRISCO, Tex. – For Matt Hedges, the US national team's 2018 World Cup qualifiers earlier this month were only the beginning. Even though the FC Dallas center back didn’t play against Mexico at ...

Daniela Tejada previously said her husband Matthew Hedges was being held in "inhumane and degrading" conditions A British PhD student has been sentenced to life in prison in the United Arab ...

But who is he? Matthew Hedges is no stranger to the Middle East. He had spent time there when he was younger and had worked in the region for several years. But on a research trip for his PhD in ...

Daniela Tejada spoke to the BBC shortly after returning to the UK from Abu Dhabi where she saw Durham University's Matthew Hedges sentenced to life. The 31-year-old denies spying but prosecutors ...

Matthew Hedges, a PhD student at Durham University, has been held in solitary confinement after being accused of spying, according to the Times. His wife said his rights were being "violated on a ...

Matthew Hedges, a 31-year-old PhD student at Durham University, was arrested on 5 May in Dubai and has reportedly been held in solitary confinement for almost six months. He denies spying for the ...

Matthew Hedges was accused of "spying for and on behalf of a foreign state", the UAE government said on Monday. The 31-year-old PhD student at Durham University was arrested on 5 May in Dubai and ...

There's condemnation in many of the papers of the treatment of British academic Matthew Hedges, who was jailed after being convicted of spying in the United Arab Emirates. The Times, which leads ...