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Prince Nasser of Bahrain torture ruling quashed Prince Nasser of Bahrain torture ruling quashed
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Prince Nasser of Bahrain is not immune from prosecution for alleged torture, the UK's High Court has ruled. Prince Nasser of Bahrain is not immune from prosecution over allegations of torture, the UK's High Court has ruled.
Prince Nasser bin Hamad al-Khalifa has been accused of torturing detained prisoners during his country's pro-democracy uprising in 2011. Prince Nasser bin Hamad al-Khalifa has been accused of being involved in the torture of prisoners during a pro-democracy uprising in Bahrain in 2011.
Judges overturned an earlier decision by the director of public prosecutions that he was immune from prosecution because of his royal status. Judges overturned a decision by UK prosecutors that the prince had state immunity from prosecution.
The case arose after a Bahraini citizen sought the arrest of Prince Nasser. The Bahrain government said it "categorically denies" the claims, calling them politically motivated.
BBC legal affairs correspondent Clive Coleman said the ruling, which has been agreed by the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS), opens the way for the prince's arrest should he visit the UK again.
State immunity
The case arose after a Bahraini citizen, referred to as FF, sought the arrest of Prince Nasser.
FF said the prince had been involved in the torture of prisoners during a pro-democracy uprising by the majority Shia community between February and March 2011.
Protesters had demanded more rights and an end to claimed discrimination against the community by the Sunni royal family.
The anti-government demonstrations led to a crackdown by the Bahrain authorities and the deaths of several protesters.
In July 2012, a dossier prepared by the European Centre for Constitutional and Human Rights in Berlin was submitted to the UK's director of public prosecutions containing evidence alleged to implicate Prince Nasser in the torture of three detained men in April 2011.
The arrest and prosecution of the prince was then sought. However, the CPS decided that the prince had state immunity from prosecution.