A Bahraini prince could face a police investigation after the High Court ruled
that he was not immune from prosecution over torture allegations.

Two senior judges quashed a decision by the former director of public
prosecutions that the son of Bahrain’s king had state immunity. Prince
Nasser bin Hamad al-Khalifa, a regular visitor to Britain, is accused of
being involved in the torture of prisoners during a pro-democracy uprising
in Bahrain in 2011.

A Bahraini citizen, referred to in court as FF, sought his arrest. However, he
was told by Sir Keir Starmer, the previous DPP, that the prince would