GENEVA – There is no rationale for the continued detention of Sikh British national, Jagtar Singh Johal, who was abducted during a visit to India to get married, and has now spent over eight years – 3089 days – in prison without a foreseeable end to his case, UN experts* said today. “Eight and a half years of arbitrary detention without a clear path to trial is not justice, it is unlawful suffering,” the experts said. “The prolonged uncertainty alone is a form of psychological torture.”
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Source: Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR). Originally published 22 April 2026. This page reproduces only a short excerpt; the complete text remains on the official source website.
