UK’s British Foreign Office tells British-Iranian hostage: You Have No Right To Our Help.
British citizens who are wrongfully jailed and tortured abroad will have 'no legal right to consular assistance' or protection from the state, the United Kingdom's (UK) Foreign Office recently wrote in a letter to Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe's lawyers. Arrested in Iran in 2016, Mrs. Zaghari-Ratcliffe, 41, is a British-Iranian dual-national and charity worker. She has been jailed for five years on accusations of plotting to overthrow the Iranian regime. The UK's Government stated that it had no legal obligation to assist citizens dishonestly accused of a crime while travelling with a British passport. Despite UN experts finding that Zaghari-Ratcliffe's mistreatment in detention amounts to torture, Sarah Broughton, the head of consular affairs within the Foreign Office, said the government "cannot investigate torture or mistreatment allegations." Roland. Toronto.
