Fresh appeal for UK man held for year without charge in Iraq

Tuesday 7 December 2010 The wife of a British man held without charge in Iraq for a year is calling on the UK government to step up its efforts to secure the release of her husband. The wife of a British man held without charge in Iraq for a year is calling on the UK government to step up its efforts to secure the release of her husband. Ramze Shihab Ahmed, a 68-year-old dual Iraqi-UK citizen who has lived in the UK since 2002, was arrested by security officials in a relative’s house in the city of Mosul on 7 December 2009. Ahmed, who had travelled to Iraq to try to secure the release of his…

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