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Britain's counter-terrorism training for Oman alarms exile

AN OMANI dissident in Britain voiced his concerns today over Whitehall delivering counter-terrorism training to the repressive Gulf regime.

Khalfan al-Badwawi is a human rights campaigner who fled Oman in 2013 after having been repeatedly detained by police.

He told the Morning Star: “After the Arab Spring, protest organisers like myself sought asylum in Britain.

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