{"id":380056,"date":"2026-09-18T22:00:09","date_gmt":"2026-09-18T21:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/scottish-activist-granted-bail-after-nine-years-of-jail-in-india\/"},"modified":"2026-09-18T22:00:09","modified_gmt":"2026-09-18T21:00:09","slug":"scottish-activist-granted-bail-after-nine-years-of-jail-in-india","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/scottish-activist-granted-bail-after-nine-years-of-jail-in-india\/","title":{"rendered":"Scottish activist granted bail after nine years of jail in India"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.ytimg.com\/vi\/LGQFShSYYtk\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Scottish activist granted bail after nine years of jail in India\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/LGQFShSYYtk\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>A Scottish man has been granted bail, nine years after he was detained in India.<\/p>\n<p>[Subscribe to our Substack newsletter: https:\/\/channel4news.substack.com\/subscribe]<\/p>\n<p>Sikh activist Jagtar Singh Johal was arrested in 2017 in connection with alleged terror offences, but has never been convicted.<\/p>\n<p>Scotland&#8217;s First Minister John Swinney welcomed the news, adding that he hoped Jagtar and his family would be reunited soon, though his legal team warned he is still not a free man. <\/p>\n<p>&#8212;&#8212;-<\/p>\n<p>Get more news at our site &#8211; https:\/\/www.channel4.com\/news\/ <\/p>\n<p>Subscribe to our Substack newsletter: https:\/\/channel4news.substack.com\/subscribe<\/p>\n<p>Follow us:<br \/>\nTikTok &#8211; https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@c4news<br \/>\nInstagram &#8211; https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/channel4news\/<br \/>\nTwitter &#8211; https:\/\/twitter.com\/Channel4News<br \/>\nFacebook &#8211; https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Channel4News\/<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Scottish man has been granted bail, nine years after he was detained in India. [Subscribe to our Substack newsletter: https:\/\/channel4news.substack.com\/subscribe] Sikh activist Jagtar Singh Johal was arrested in 2017 in connection with alleged terror offences, but has never been convicted. 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