UK Strips Immunity from Prince Nasser on Allegations of Torture
Americans for Democracy and Human Rights and Bahrain (ADHRB) and the Bahrain Institute for Rights and Democracy (BIRD) welcome the decision by the UK High Court to lift the immunity from Bahrain’s Prince Nasser Bin Hamad Al Khalifa for prosecution against torture allegations. The ruling came after the High Court quashed the previous decision made by the Director of Public Prosecutions that Nasser could not be prosecuted in the UK for alleged torture under Section 20 of the State Immunity Act 1978 over his role as Head of the Bahrain Royal Guard and position as member of the ruling family. The decision was made by two judges with the consent of the DPP after she accepted the wrongful decision to block prosecution.
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