A SPECIAL church service is being held to highlight the case of a deaf charity worker who campaigners say has been unfairly imprisoned in India.
Ian Stillman has spent two years in prison in India after being accused of possessing cannabis.
The 52-year-old from York is profoundly deaf and disabled and as a Christian charity worker has spent 25 years working with deaf people in India. But at his trial he was denied a sign language interpreter.
A petition of more than 5,000 signatures demanding his release was handed to the House of Commons about two months ago and his family is also fighting to secure his release.
The church service is to take place at St Nicholas Church, in Durham's Market Place on Monday, at 7.30pm.
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