Meanwhile Al Jazeera’sThe Stream has an indepth discussion of what has been happening in Bahrain during the last year.

Sarah Waldron, campaign co-ordinator for CAAT, the campaign against the arms trade, said: “The UK seems to have learned absolutely nothing from the last year. In the glare of media attention in February last year it revoked some arms licences – but the latest figures show it was quickly back to business as usual.”