Bahraini officials have defended their human rights record during their Universal Periodic Review (UPR) at the UN Human Rights Council.
The human rights minister of the gulf kingdom, Salah bin Ali Mohammed Abdulrahman said the government is quickly improving their human rights record after the allegations of serious violations by Bahraini security forces.
“We reaffirm the importance of national dialogue,” he said.
“The kingdom of Bahrain will deal positively and constructively with all the recommendations that have been submitted, and we shall attach high importance to this process.”
Diplomats praised the Bahraini regime for setting up an independent inquiry, but called for urgent action on the findings that security forces committed torture and resorted to excessive violence against protestors.
