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Salah Al Bandar

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Dr Salah Al Bander(alsoAl Bandar,born 1955) is a British citizen ofSudaneseorigin known for his role in revealing theBandargate scandalinBahrain.Al Bander had been working as a strategic planning adviser to the Royal Court ofBahrainsince January 2002, then he was seconded to Ministry of Cabinet Affairs in January 2006. On 13 September 2006 he was arrested and deported to London by Bahraini security officials[1]after he distributed a report revealing a conspiracy to suppress theShiain Bahrain (who form the majority of the population). The scandal that ensued was namedBandargate,after him. Al Bander is also the Secretary General of theMOWATIN: Gulf Centre for Democratic Development,a London-registered non-governmental organisation.

UK politics

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He served as a city councillor inCambridgefor theLiberal Democratsfrom 2008-2012.[2]He left theLiberal Democratsin 2015.

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References

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  1. ^Report Cites Bid by Sunnis in Bahrain to Rig Elections,New York Times, 2 October 2006
  2. ^"Salah al Bander:: Cambridge City Council:: Openly Local".Archived fromthe originalon 2012-10-18.Retrieved2012-05-04.