The British College of Policing (CoP), which sets standards for the UK police and offers international training deals, has recently tried to dodge a freedom of information request to elaborate on a deal to train Bahraini officers, The Guardian reported Monday.
In its response to a request by the campaign group Reprieve, the college admitted that it has been routinely training forces from Bahrain’s interior ministry since 2013. It also confirmed that some of its personnel were stationed in the Persian Gulf country for training purposes.
However, the college refused to offer a more detailed response about “the specific nature of [its] work” and sought to justify this by citing concerns over “commercial interests”, “international relations” and “law enforcement.”
In fact, the CoP avoided the answer by resorting to every single exemption that is allowed for by freedom of information laws.
“The college’s culture of secrecy around international training must end now,” said director of Reprieve’s death penalty team Maya Foa. “[It] must come clean about its business in Bahrain." Full story...
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In its response to a request by the campaign group Reprieve, the college admitted that it has been routinely training forces from Bahrain’s interior ministry since 2013. It also confirmed that some of its personnel were stationed in the Persian Gulf country for training purposes.
However, the college refused to offer a more detailed response about “the specific nature of [its] work” and sought to justify this by citing concerns over “commercial interests”, “international relations” and “law enforcement.”
In fact, the CoP avoided the answer by resorting to every single exemption that is allowed for by freedom of information laws.
“The college’s culture of secrecy around international training must end now,” said director of Reprieve’s death penalty team Maya Foa. “[It] must come clean about its business in Bahrain." Full story...
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