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A BRITISH-BACKED jail in Bahrain is denying medical treatment to a frail political prisoner, including diagnosis for a lump on her breast, London relatives have told the Morning Star.
The harsh treatment comes despite British diplomats spending millions of pounds training Bahraini security forces to raise their human rights standards, including in prison healthcare.
Hajer Mansoor Hassan, 50, was arrested after her son-in-law protested against the King of Bahrain’s visit to Downing Street in 2016.
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
Fears grow for flotilla activist Yvonne Ridley, abducted by Israeli soldiers and held in famous Ktzi'ot prison camp
