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Wed, 07/29/2015 - 14:28
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Ombudsman meets French senator

Manama, July 29 (BNA): Ombudsman Nawaf Mohammed Al Moawda met French senator Jean-Marie Bockel the deputy chairman for foreign affairs of the French Union of Democrats and Independents (UDI), the official spokesman of the UDI party. Bockel assumed several cabinet portfolios in France, including Minister of State for Prisons and Reforms Affairs in 2009-2010. The Ombudsman briefed the French senator on the Ombudsman Office duties of receiving complaints and monitoring rehabilitation and detention centres to ensure human rights values and humane treatment by Interior Ministry affiliates to the public. Al Moawda reviewed with the French senator the Ombudsman's second annual report issued last May. He also informed him about international cooperation of the Ombudsman Office including training and expertise exchange, participation in international functions and relations with the relevant international organisations and institutions, especially European institutions. Deputy Ombudsman Osama Ahmed Al Asfoor and Director of International Cooperation and Development Ghada Hameed Habib attended the meeting.

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