MANAMA: The Arab Observatory for Human Rights of the Arab Parliament commended the directives of His Majesty King Hamad and His Royal Highness Prince Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa, Crown Prince and Prime Minister, to start putting in place the necessary executive mechanisms to adopt the reform and open prisons programme in Bahrain in accordance with well-defined regulations.
It described the move as a pioneering initiative that reflects the kingdom’s keenness to protect and promote the human rights system as a model to emulate according to international standards.
The Arab Observatory for Human Rights lauded in a statement the meeting of Interior Minister General Shaikh Rashid bin Abdulla Al Khalifa with heads and representatives of human rights institutions in the kingdom and his directives to speed up working out the executive mechanism of the open prisons programme.