Jonathan Fryer writes: Eric Lubbock,later Lord Avebury, was an unflinching defender of human rights. Whether the issue was the treatment of Kurds in the Middle East, or of the population of Kashmir by the Indian security forces,or of Bahrain’s Shia majority by its Sunni monarchy, Eric was as brave and tenacious as a terrier. His gentle and courteous exterior was misleading: he did not suffer fools gladly, or nor did he let the flattery of potentates deflect him from his missions.
At one stage,he was banned from visiting Bahrain ever again because he refused to be silent about egregious human rights violations there, and he wore that distinction more proudly than many of his other honours.Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com