A British MP was seen telling a human rights activist to “return to Bahrain” in footage recorded on Wednesday, December 14. Within the footage, Sayed Ahmed Alwadaei, who’s director of advocacy on the Bahrain Institute for Rights and Democracy, confronts Conservative MP Bob Stewart outdoors an occasion hosted by the Bahrain embassy in London. Alwadaei could be heard twice asking Stewart: “Bob Stewart, for a way a lot did you promote your self to the Bahraini regime?” In response, Stewart shouts: “Get stuffed. Bahrain’s an amazing place. Finish of,” earlier than Alwadaei says, “You had been paid by them not too long ago.” “Go away, I hate you. You make loads of fuss. Return to Bahrain,” Stewart says. In reply, Alwadaei shouts: “How dare you settle for cash from a dictatorship. Bahrain arrested my father who’s 75 years previous. Bob Stewart, for a way a lot did you promote your self to the Bahraini regime?” “I didn’t. Now you shut up, you silly man,” Stewart is heard shouting again. The Tory MP has since apologised for his feedback, however mentioned he was “taunted” and had not taken any cash from Bahrain, in line with the BBC. In a press release to Storyful, Alwadaei mentioned he had submitted a grievance to the Parliamentary Fee for Requirements and the chairman of the Conservative Celebration, Nadihm Zahawi, and is in search of authorized recommendation to submit a grievance earlier than the police. A Conservative Celebration spokesman informed the BBC: “We’ve got a longtime Code of Conduct and formal processes the place complaints could be made in confidence. This course of is rightly confidential.” In accordance with parliamentary data, Stewart has been on two visits to Bahrain paid for by the nation’s authorities for the reason that starting of final 12 months. Credit score: Moosa Mohammed by way of Storyful
