21-11-2016 08:00 via theguardian.com

Amnesty: UK 'utterly disingenuous' about human rights in Bahrain

Report ahead of visit by Theresa May says ministers act as ‘overexcited cheerleaders’ for ‘woefully inadequate’ reformsBritish ministers have acted like overexcited cheerleaders for Bahrain’s woefully inadequate human rights reforms, Amnesty International has said, ahead of an expected visit next month by Theresa May on the sidelines of the annual Gulf Cooperation Council summit.Ministers ought to be confronting the awkward reality that the institutions set up in Ba
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