BAHRAIN: EXECUTION OF BANGLADESHI MAN IN BAHRAIN ‘FAST TRACKED’

Bahrain reportedly decided to speed up the execution of a Bangladeshi man convicted of murder. Mizan Noor Al Rahman Ayoub Miyah, a cook, was convicted of murdering Bahraini fashion designer Sana Al Jalahama in 2006. According to reports, the 37 year old fashion designer was found in a pool of blood by her family. The case was pending in the court for two years and was put on the fast track after reports that King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa gave permission to General Public Prosecutor Dr. Ali Al Buanin to carry out arrangements for the sentence. Miyah will be executed by firing squad, but a date has not yet been set. Activist Nabeel Rajab, from the defunct Bahrain Center for Human Rights, told AHN, "This decision comes at a time when the entire attitude of the country is anti-Bangladeshi."