Jagtar
Jagtar Singh Johal is a British citizen – we need to bring him home.
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Who is Jagtar Singh Johal
Jagtar Singh Johal has been arbitrarily detained and living with the threat of a death sentence in India for over eight years. Jagtar is a Scottish blogger and activist who drew attention to historic human rights abuses against India’s Sikh population.
In November 2017, whilst in India to get married, Jagtar was abducted off the street by plain clothes police officers, tortured and forced to confess to trumped-up political charges
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Published: 01/10/26
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Jagtar Singh Johal released on bail
Who is Jagtar Singh Johal Jagtar Singh Johal has been arbitrarily detained and living with the threat of a death sentence in India for over eight years. Jagtar is a Scottish blogger and activist who drew attention to historic human rights abuses against India’s Sikh population. In November…
Published: 10/06/26
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FOREIGN SECRETARY SAYS "DEEPLY DISTRESSING" DETENTION OF JAGTAR SINGH JOHAL HAS "GONE ON FAR TOO LONG"
After learning that the Foreign Secretary, Yvette Cooper, was to visit the Indian Prime Minister and her counterpart, Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, in Delhi, we worked with MPs, family members and journalists at the Press Association to raise the case of our client, Sikh human rights activist Jagtar Singh Johal,…
Published: 28/05/26
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Senior lawyers write to PM saying Jagtar Singh Johal charges must be dropped
Former attorney general Dominic Grieve heads a list of lawyers writing to the Prime Minister to express their concerns over the ongoing prosecution of Jagtar Singh Johal in India. Baroness Helena Kennedy, former Lord Advocate Dame Elish Angiolini and Geoffrey Robertson KC also signed the letter, noting that…