UK Foreign Office MinisterAccused of Helping Bahraini Regime Cover up Torture Case

Britain's Member of Parliament, Tobias Ellwood, issued a statement concerning the case of Mohammed Ramadan, a 32-year-old airport policeman who was arrested for involvement in the killing of a police officer in February 2014 and subsequently sentenced to death and revealed the Britain’s £2 million worth support to Bahrain Regime Prison, reported by BuzzFeed.
 
"On 19 April this year, Ellwood submitted an answer to the House of Commons in which he said British embassy officials had been in direct contact with Bahrain's prison ombudsman and that the watchdog, which is part of a program that receives £2 million worth of support from the Foreign Office, had told his department there had been "no allegations of mistreatment or torture" in relation with the case." Alan White reporter of BuzzFeed explained.
 
Following the Ellwood’s statement Liberal Democrat Tom Brake MP said that "Torture is never justified, and the Foreign Office needs to urgently review the £2 million given to an agency which clearly tried to cover up allegations of torture in Bahrain.”
 
Since February 14, 2011, thousands of anti-regime protesters have held numerous demonstrations in Bahrain on an almost daily basis, calling on the Al Khalifa rulers to relinquish power.
 
Manama has intensified its crackdown on Shias, jailing their religious leaders and revoking their citizenships.