Revealed: MEP in prisoner resolution row made undeclared Bahrain visit

European parliament due to vote on Thursday on resolution calling for release of Bahraini activist

A senior MEP is facing questions over trips to Bahrain and his support for a one-sided" resolution on a political prisoner from that country that echoes the talking points of the authoritarian Gulf state.

Toma Zdechovsky, a centre-right Czech MEP, who chairs the European parliament's Bahrain friendship group, was found by the Guardian to have made an undeclared visit to the country in April 2022, where he met Bahrain's chamber of commerce.