UK: Starmer avoided mention of political prisoners in meeting with Bahrain PM, say activists

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer failed to bring up Bahrain’s human rights crisis during a meeting with his counterpart from the Gulf kingdom on Tuesday, a London-based advocacy group has said.

Starmer met Bahrain’s Prime Minister Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa at Downing Street in the first official visit by the Gulf leader since Starmer became prime minister. 

Bahrain and the UK are longtime allies. In July, the Gulf country was