The United Arab Emirates has freed British scholar Matthew Hedges, who was sentenced to life in prison last week for spying.
Hedges, 31, was released on Monday, after he received a presidential pardon, Emirati officials said.
The scholar was among more than 700 people pardoned by the UAE President Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan on Monday, the country’s national day.
Al Jazeera’s Paul Brennan reports from London.
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