AhlulBayt News Agency (ABNA): The UK government has been using British taxpayers’ money to fund a Bahraini government institution accused of “whitewashing” the torture and rape of women’s rights activists, The Independent Newspaper reported.
Documents disclosed under freedom of information showed that the British government’s “secretive” multi-million-pound support for nations in the Persian Gulf region includes funding for a highly controversial body alleged to have covered up evidence of the rape and torture of two female activists in 2017.
Britain funds the Bahrain Grievances Secretariat through a fund that has allocated nearly £8.5 million to five GCC countries.
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source : YPA
Wednesday
25 August 2021
3:39:58 AM
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The UK government has been using British taxpayers’ money to fund a Bahraini government institution accused of “whitewashing” the torture and rape of women’s rights activists, The Independent Newspaper reported.