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Political prisoner Ali Hussein al-Hajee says he was tortured and sentenced to a decade in prison in 2013 for peaceful protests
JEREMY HUNT has praised the human rights situation in Bahrain, saying the Gulf country’s ruthless king is “committed” to reform.
The Foreign Secretary made the bizarre claim in his department’s annual review of human rights around the world, published this week.
The Tory leadership contender even congratulated King Hamad for holding “successful” parliamentary elections last year.
Groups are urging the US government to secure the 16-year old’s release as his mental and physical health decline dramatically after nine months inside Ofer prison, writes LINDA PENTZ GUNTER
JOE ATTARD explains why trade unionists are rallying in solidarity against the recent arrest of political activists in Gilgit-Baltistan, the northernmost region of Kashmir, administered by Pakistan
