Dubai Loafer

While over in Bahrain…

4 Dec: Bahrain sentence goalkeeper Ali Saeed to a year in prison for taking part in pro-democracy protests. An inquiry found detainees were “systematically abused” with “electric shocks and beatings”.

10 Dec: Bahrain state news agency quotes Prince Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa celebrating International Human Rights Day. “Bahrain has always been – and will remain – resolved to promote human rights culture.”