UK police slammed for training ‘abusive’ Emirati police

A human rights charity group has blasted the British police for providing training services to ‘abusive’ United Arab of Emirates (UAE) police force.

The charity group Reprieve has slammed London’s Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) services to UAE police officers, demanding urgent answers from the Home Office, RT reported.

It also called the joint training activities of Emirati police with the MPS “alarming.”

This comes after the MPS confirmed a delegation of the Security Support Department at Abu Dhabi Police recently traveled to London for a two-week visit last month to take part in “daily patrol field tasks and various training activities.”

The joint training activities with the MPS included the use of “advanced equipment and devices to handle moderate and high-risk security incidents.”

Further exercises included drills, methods for tactical firearm use and marksmanship, alongside implementing various security scenarios, the report added.

Now political commentator Raza Nadim says the UK government seeks its own interests and does not “practice what it preaches” on human rights and its advocacy.

The human rights charity Reprieve has reportedly represented many people who complained of being tortured and abused by UAE police.

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