Activist Protests Latest Executions atop Bahraini Embassy in UK
A Bahraini activist staged a one-man protest on the roof of the Gulf state’s London embassy on Friday evening in an unsuccessful bid to stop Bahraini authorities from executing three men, two of whom were Shi’ite activists convicted of terror charges. The demonstrator, identified as Moosa Mohamed, demanded that British authorities intervene to stop the execution of Ali al-Arab and Ahmad al-Malali, who rights groups say were unfairly convicted. The third man was a Bangladeshi Shi’ite national convicted of murdering a Shia imam. “I am risking my life to save two men about to be executed in the next few hours. Boris Johnson act now!” read a banner Mohamed unfurled from the embassy’s roof. Police broke down the door of the embassy to retrieve Mohamed, who later said he sustained injuries from what he described as an assault by authorities, seen on footage filmed by witnesses. Bahrain went ahead with the executions on Sunday.
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