The Conservative MP for Beckenham told Sayed Ahmed Alwadaei to 'go back to Bahrain'.
Watch: Video provided by activist Sayed Alwadaei shows his confrontation with Tory MP Bob Stewart
The campaigner repeatedly pressed him on his links to the country, asking "did you sell yourself to the Bahraini regime?" In a video, provided to the BBC by Mr Alwadaei, Mr Stewart said in response to his questioning: "Get stuffed. Bahrain's a great place. End of."After being asked again if he had accepted any money from the Bahraini regime, Mr Stewart said: "You're taking money off my country, go away!"
Mr Alwadaei said: "I still have the scars from where the authorities kicked me in the head, and if I went back to Bahrain I would face further torture and imprisonment. My family members are still suffering from reprisals." Mr Stewart, a former Army officer who was stationed in Bahrain in the 1960s, said he regretted his remarks.
"I am sorry if anyone thought I was being racist in any way. Honestly I was not. I wish now I had not been drawn by the taunts but I was and I repeat, I apologise for that. The last thing I meant to be was racist as I have so many good Bahraini friends."
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