Bahrain Police Chief Brigadier-General Tariq al-Hassan speaks at the British-Bahraini Relations Seminar held in Manama February 21, 2012. REUTERS/Hamad I Mohammed/Files
MANAMA (Reuters) - Bahrain's police chief said the Gulf state was slowly returning to stability five years after a 2011 uprising was put down by force, but still faced security threats from Iran-backed elements and militants linked to Islamic State.
Speaking ahead of the fifth anniversary of the start of the pro-democracy protests, Brigadier-General Tariq al-Hassan also rejected accusations by rights groups of torture by security forces as a "broken record", saying Bahrain has set up several monitoring mechanisms to ensure police transparency.
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