Bahrain: Attorney General avoids Irish court torture hearing
Issue 1022
- 23 Sep 2016
| 1 minute read
An application to summon Attorney General Ali Bin Fadhul Al-Buainain to a court hearing in Dublin, on claims that he was involved with the torture of a political activist, have been rejected by the court. Judge Gráinne O’Neill said she didn’t believe a sufficient link had been shown between the alleged toture and Al-Buainain, who was thought to be in Dublin for a meeting of the International Association of Prosecutors, according to The Irish Times.
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