A human rights activist from the Middle East has condemned the Scottish
Qualifications Authority (SQA) for entering into contracts with Saudi Arabia
and Bahrain despite their record on human rights.

Maryam Al-Khawaja, the director of the Gulf Centre for Human Rights, also
criticised the UK government saying “Britain is the largest obstacle to
human rights being upheld in Bahrain.”

Before a visit to Scotland this week for the human rights film festival Take
One Action, she told The Times that the human rights situation was
deteriorating in Bahrain and that teachers who spoke out against the
government had been detained