Prince William and Kate Middleton's royal wedding next month is threatening to descend into a nasty diplomatic incident after one of the supposed guests, King Hamad Bin Isa Al Khalifa of Bahrain, responded to calls for greater democracy in the Gulf island-state with a vicious crackdown on protesters.
The detention of at least six opposition politicians, and reports of three civilians dying as a result of heavy-handed police raids, have brought condemnation of Bahrain's Sunni rulers today from the UN's human rights commissioner, Navi Pillay. "This is "shocking and illegal conduct," she said.
As the New Statesman puts it, "How does the Queen justify her invitation to an unelected tyrant with fresh blood on his hands?" More...
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