Man was who tortured in Dubai jail campaigns for UK to end extradition deal with UAE

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. After this Mr Haigh said he decided to leave the company altogether as he did not want to be involved in the “mess” which had resulted but was asked to come to Dubai to discuss setting up a business consultancy firm with the company’s financial backing in 2014. Mr Haigh said: “They told me I had been accused of taking money from my employer and I needed to give it back.” He said he was treated as a criminal from the start and the police did not question whether he had actually done what he had been accused of and while he was in the police cell he was subjected to the first of several instances of torture that he received at the hands of the Dubai police. After what seemed like hours of savage beating and being held in a stress position, Mr Haigh said he was taken to “temporary custody” for 15 months without charge. Mr Haigh was then released on bail to prepare his appeal to be heard by a higher court in another emirate, Abu Dhabi, but he said that “literally within hours of him getting on a plane” to leave Dubai he was arrested again on charges of defaming the company on Twitter despite having no internet access in prison.