A secretive British government aid-fund has generated renewed controversy after a rights group revealed that it has been used to train people involved in torture and execution.
A secretive British government aid-fund has generated renewed controversy after a rights group revealed that it has been used to train people involved in torture and execution.
The human rights group Reprieve has published a report which details how the Foreign Office has spent $6.7 million of taxpayers’ money on a security assistance programme in Bahrain over the past six years.
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