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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.
As peers prepare to debate reform of the 1861 Offences Against the Person Act, Labour MP Tonia Antoniazzi leads a bid to end the criminalisation of women who end pregnancies at home. LYNNE WALSH reports
Fears grow for flotilla activist Yvonne Ridley, abducted by Israeli soldiers and held in famous Ktzi'ot prison camp