The British, accused by the UAE of espionage, intends to bring his case to the United Nations

The case of British academic Matthew Hedges - who was arrested by the UAE on charges of espionage before being released later - took a new upward trend in his intention to file a complaint with the United Nations to remove the damage to his reputation.

Independent journalist Dominique Dudley quoted 27-year-old Daniela Tejada, a reporter for Forbes magazine, as saying they intended to bring the case to the world body.

They said they would press ahead with their legal appeal to the United Nations "in particular with regard to the damage done to Matthew and the arbitrary and unlawful detention of him."

According to the report, the UAE ambassador to the United States, Yusif al-Otaiba, declined to comment on Tejada's statement.

Parliamentary support
According to the report, about 50 members of the House of Commons (Parliament) offered to offer support to Hides.

Dudley revealed that Ben Bradshaw, a member of the House of Representatives where he lives, collected a number of his colleagues at a meeting inside the House of Representatives at Westminster Palace, a move that was seen as an indication that the British academic and his wife were determined to keep their cause alive in public opinion.

Hedges, a doctoral student at the University of Durham, was convicted in the UAE for spying for MI6 and was sentenced to life imprisonment.

He was released at the end of November after a presidential amnesty, but the conviction remains and Hedges now wants to be acquitted.

Doubts in government support
The reason for this development seems to lie in the couple's concern that the British government may have preferred to extend its trade interests with the UAE to the rights of one of its citizens.

Forbes reviewed some aspects of trade relations between the two countries, noting that Britain recently signed a memorandum of understanding with the Dubai government in which London pledged to help the emirate in the field of public relations.

Not only that, there are extensive trade relations between the two countries, which, according to Dudley, is particularly important for Britain if it withdraws from the EU, putting it under pressure to speed up new business deals.

However, the British authorities deny that it was the commercial considerations that diverted their attention from the Hedges case.

Dudley believes that Hedges and his wife Tejada, who said they want to make sure that the trade deals between the British and UAE governments are not based on "the freedom of an innocent British citizen," still have doubts.

Precedents
The Forbes report also referred to a number of incidents involving British citizens in the UAE, in particular to the case of British Laleh Sharafish, who was arrested in Dubai earlier this year because of a Facebook posting in which she was convicted of describing her ex-husband's " "He said.

Another Briton, Ali Issa Ahmed, was charged last February with what the UAE authorities said were "false" statements he made, and dispelling him with police time when he claimed he had been beaten by a number of football fans who had been unhappy with his side's side in the Asian Championship Which was hosted by the UAE at the time.

Dudley says many UAE nationals have also been subjected to harsh treatment in the corridors of the country's judicial system, citing the death of Alia Abdel Nour after a cancer conflict at Al Wathba prison in Abu Dhabi after being sentenced to 10 years in prison for terrorism financing And "dealing with terrorists outside the country".

In addition to Alia, the US magazine report referred to the UAE human rights activist Ahmed Mansour, who is serving a 10-year sentence for defaming the UAE government on social networks.