British police 'helping train Saudi torturers' in 'scandalous deal' with repressive regime

[Kuwaiti Girl]

British police 'helping train Saudi torturers' in 'scandalous deal' with repressive regime

BRITISH police are helping to train Saudi officers in detecting crimes in a move that campaigners claim is helping the repressive regime carry out torture and increase its use of the death penalty.

Maya Foa, of Reprieve, said: "It is scandalous that British police are training Saudi Arabian officers in techniques which they privately admit could lead to people being arrested, tortured and sentenced to death.

"The training Britain delivered included hi-tech skills that could easily have been used to target pro-democracy activists in Saudi Arabia."

Labour MP Andy Slaughter told the BBC: "This is a regime which executed 47 people in one day this year, that still has minors on death row.

"We shouldn't be having anything to do with this criminal justice system."

Read more: http://www.express.co.uk/news/world...n-police-tips-could-aid-torture-death-penalty

 

[Kuwaiti Girl]

As usual, Britain sides against the peaceful dissidents of the Middle East.

No outside power has done as much damage to this region as Britain.

 

[Steve781]

As usual, Britain sides against the peaceful dissidents of the Middle East.

No outside power has done as much damage to this region as Britain.

What peaceful dissidents? In the Middle East the choice is usually between a secular dictator and an Islamist one. Or a Shia Islamist dictator and a Sunni Islamist one. Look at how the "peaceful dissidents" of the "Arab Spring" turned out.

 

[Kuwaiti Girl]

What peaceful dissidents?.

You need to open your eyes, in that case.