One of Labour’s rising stars was last night accused of thwarting a mission to save the British doctor who died in a Syrian jail. The grieving family of Dr Abbas Khan, 31, claimed that Chuka Umunna – Dr Khan’s MP – told a delegation not to travel to Damascus to lobby for his release. Last night Streatham MP Umunna released a statement in which he insisted that he had done everything in his power to help Dr Khan. The family of Dr Abbas Khan, including mother Fatima and brother Afrozi, has said Labour MP Chuka Umunna stopped a delegation travelling to Syria to lobby for their son's release
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Dr Abbas Khan died in Syria this week while being held prisoner
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He was just four days away from being released from jail
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His family say Labour MP Chuka Umunna failed to act to save him
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Claim Umunna stopped a delegation going to Syria to lobby for his release
Dr Khan was imprisoned in @placeholder after going to treat wounded civilians and was due to be released before the Syrian government claimed he hung himself