{"id":77894,"date":"2021-08-23T15:23:18","date_gmt":"2021-08-23T15:23:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/?p=77894"},"modified":"2021-08-31T14:48:48","modified_gmt":"2021-08-31T14:48:48","slug":"the-independent-british-taxpayers-money-is-being-used-to-whitewash-abuses-in-bahrain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/news\/islam\/77894-the-independent-british-taxpayers-money-is-being-used-to-whitewash-abuses-in-bahrain\/","title":{"rendered":"The Independent: British taxpayers&#8217; money is being used to whitewash abuses in Bahrain"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery aligncenter columns-1 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" 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