Rights groups are urging members of parliament attending this year’s Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) successful Bahrain to usage the assembly to rise concerns astir the “dire authorities of governmental freedom” successful the Gulf country.
In a joint letter to the delegates of the IPU Assembly, the 22 organisations, including Human Rights Watch, PEN International and Reprieve, noted 2 erstwhile members of Bahrain’s parliament were presently successful detention.
“We impulse you to guarantee that the IPU’s 146th Assembly volition not beryllium utilized by the Bahraini authorities to whitewash its dismal rights record,” the groups said successful the missive published connected Monday.
The assembly is owed to commencement successful Manama, Bahrain’s capital, connected March 11.
