false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1175709146m/548250.jpg 548250 1 <b>Saudi Babylon</b> is a shocking tale of a miscarriage of justice, but more disturbingly, it reveals how the British government behaves when one of its citizens is imprisoned by a regime with which it does business.<br><br>When Sandy Mitchell was arrested for his alleged involvement in two bombings in Saudi Arabia in December 2000, he thought it was a case of mistaken identity and that he would soon be released. Instead, he spent the next two-and-half-years in jail, where he was repeatedly tortured, before being forced to sign a confession and admit his guilt on Saudi television.<br><br>Throughout his incarceration the Saudi authorities knew that the attacks were the work of al-Qaeda militants. Yet they kept Mitchell in jail and refused him access to a lawyer for a year, during which time he was sentenced to death. His eventual release came before the penalty could be imposed.<br><br>Based on diaries and records of meetings with ministers and officials, this is a powerful exposé of how the British government acts when one of its own citizens is illegally imprisoned and tortured by a regime with which it does business. 535506 1 11 2006 Saudi Babylon: Torture, Corruption and Cover up Inside the House of Saud total:5|5:1|4:3|3:1| 5 20 7 0 0 0 false false Fri Aug 07 06:54:06 -0700 2009 Fri Aug 07 06:54:06 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Wed May 06 16:15:36 -0700 2009 Wed May 06 16:15:36 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Wed May 06 16:08:44 -0700 2009 Fri May 08 10:49:51 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Wed Feb 18 14:26:28 -0800 2009 Wed Feb 18 14:26:28 -0800 2009 4 0 false false Wed Sep 24 07:08:26 -0700 2008 Wed Sep 24 07:08:26 -0700 2008 4 0 false false Wed Jul 16 05:03:42 -0700 2008 Wed Jul 16 05:03:42 -0700 2008 3 0 false false Sat May 31 15:21:06 -0700 2008 Fri Mar 28 17:30:43 -0700 2008 Sat May 31 15:21:06 -0700 2008 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=548250