UK Minister meets six seamen detained in India since 2013

A Foreign Office minister has met six British seamen who have been detained in India since 2013 to give them an update on their appeal.

UK Minister meets six seamen detained in India since 2013
Wed, 04 Oct, 2017 - 20:28

A Foreign Office minister has met six British seamen who have been detained in India since 2013 to give them an update on their appeal.

Mark Field, the UK's minister for Asia, visited the "Chennai Six" at Puzhal prison in Chennai on Wednesday.

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CourtsHeathrowPlace: IndiaPlace: AsiaPlace: Chennai SixPlace: Puzhal prisonPlace: ChennaiPlace: ConnelPlace: ArgyllPlace: ButePlace: Ashington, NorthumberlandPlace: ChesterPlace: YorkshirePlace: WigtonPlace: CumbriaPlace: CatterickPlace: North YorkshirePlace: UkrainePlace: EstoniaPerson: Mark FieldPerson: Billy IrvingPerson: Nick DunnPerson: Ray TindallPerson: Paul TowersPerson: John ArmstrongPerson: Nicholas SimpsonPerson: FieldPerson: Theresa MayPerson: prime ministerPerson: Narendra ModiEvent: G20 SummitOrganisation: AdvanFort
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