“When the King of Bahrain made a speech last Thursday, some were hopeful that the doctors arrested in the Gulf nation would receive a royal pardon. It was not to be. Instead they still stand accused of serious charges which could result in their being executed. Their story has been followed by the world’s media, but has a particular resonance in Ireland, as three of the Bahraini doctors, who were arbitrarily detained, trained at the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (RCSI) …” (more)
[Susan Mitchell, Sunday Business Post, 3 July]