Hague to raise bankers' case with Bahraini prince

A story on the website (29 November) of leading London newspaper, The Daily Telegraph, claims the UK's foreign secretary, William Hague, will again raise concerns again about the treatment of four British bankers, detained without charge in the Gulf emirate for 17 months since July last year, following the collapse of the banks where they worked. Read the full article here.

A spokesman for the Foreign and Commonwealth Office said Mr Hague would highlight Britain's worries about the men during a meeting in London on Tuesday with Salman ibn Hamad ibn Isa Al Khalifa, the Crown Prince and heir apparent to the King of Bahrain.

Read the Ta'if Info Center report in September here on Mr Hague's last attempt to raise the matter with the Bahrein government.