A human rights organisation has accused Bahrain’s security forces of involvement in the deaths of three men, including Mustafa Hamdan who died in March after being shot by masked men during a protest. The Bahrain Institute of Rights and Democracy (BIRD) has highlighted the deaths of Hamdan, Salah Abbas and Ali Abdulghani ahead of the 2017 Bahrain Grand Prix this weekend.  The sporting event – the country’s biggest – should be cancelled, BIRD says. BIRD has also condemned the UK Government for assisting a regime at the centre of murder and torture allegations, by having spent millions of pounds on training its controversial police force.