Bahraini dissident feared being thrown off London embassy roof

Embassy denies staff used violence to halt rooftop protest against executions in Bahrain

A Bahraini dissident has said he was beaten and threatened with being thrown from the roof of the country's embassy in London last month by staff trying to halt his rooftop protest against the execution of two men in the Gulf nation.

Moosa Mohammed said he feared for his life in the struggle atop the five-storey Belgravia building. He said it began when an embassy staffer pushed him, then hit him with a metre-long plank of wood while he was perched precariously on the edge.