Tory MP Bob Stewart who instructed human rights activist to return to Bahrain acquired £10,000 in hospitality from brutal regime

The MP for Beckenham has additionally spoken in defence of the regime in Parliament, this even though in response to Human Rights Watch, the Bahraini authorities has engaged in heavy repression.

Tory MP Bob Stewart, who was just lately filmed telling a Bahraini dissident who was imprisoned and tortured for his human rights activism within the nation to ‘return to Bahrain’, has a lot deeper hyperlinks to the authoritarian rulers of the nation than many realise.

Stewart, who as soon as declared “God save the King of Bahrain” throughout a speech, acquired a minimum of £10,000 value of hospitality and journey from the nation’s rulers, The Unbiased has beforehand reported.

The MP for Beckenham has additionally spoken in defence of the regime in Parliament, this even though in response to Human Rights Watch (HRW) the Bahraini authorities has engaged in heavy repression, together with the arrest and torture of youngsters in the course of the 2011 pro-democracy uprisings within the nation.

HRW additional states: “All unbiased Bahraini media have been banned since 2017 from working within the nation and all opposition teams dissolved. In 2021, three detainees died in Bahraini prisons amid allegations of medical negligence. There are 26 people at present on demise row, all of whom are at imminent threat of execution.

“The federal government has put six individuals to demise because it ended a moratorium on executions in 2017. Authorities arrested, prosecuted, and harassed human rights defenders, journalists, and opposition leaders, together with for his or her social media exercise.”

Nonetheless, in November this 12 months, Stewart praised the Bahraini authorities whereas visiting the nation, saying that it had accomplished an excellent job in altering the way in which it takes care of its residents.

Praising the autocratic authorities, he stated: “I can say this now, as a British [citizen]: God save the King of England, and God save the King of Bahrain!”

The Unbiased reported that Stewart was within the nation forward of its elections, which had been internationally condemned as a sham. Amnesty Worldwide additionally says that the nation has tightened restrictions on freedom of meeting and freedom of expression.

Basit Mahmood is editor Left Foot Ahead

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