A Bahraini human rights activist and torture survivor claims Prince Charles's visit to the Arab kingdom is being used to "whitewash" its record on civil liberties.
The Prince of Wales is touring the Gulf state until Friday as part of a trip that includes "greenlighting" a £30m British navy base.
Refugee Sayed Alwadaei, director of advocacy at the Bahrain Institute of Rights and Democracy (BIRD), spoke exclusively to The Independent after recently being reunited with the family he thought he would never see again.
The stateless campaigner is asking Prince Charles not to allow himself "to be used as an ambassador for the arms industry” and to visit Nabeel Rajab who is in prison for posting anti-government tweets.
“Prince Charles’s visit is giving the Bahrain authorities a green light to continue their oppression and using him to whitewash human rights abuses,” said Mr Alwadaei.

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