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The woman was detained and released pending further investigation, police officials said.

France in turn was angered when two French officials were briefly detained by Israeli authorities at a holy site in East Jerusalem that is under French administration.

All four were arrested for their support and involvement in the wave of unprecedented protests following the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini, who died in 2022 after being detained by Iran’s morality police.

“Throughout King Hamad’s rule, scores of Bahrainis have been arbitrarily detained and tortured, and some have even been killed as a result of exercising their rights to assembly and free expression,” Niku Jafarnia of Human Rights Watch told the BBC.

“The recent pardons he’s given don’t make up for these abuses, and it’s a disgrace that he has been granted this award while many still remain wrongfully detained,” she said.