A UN Human Rights Council Review Report says Bahrain has agreed to consider its recommendations for the release of political prisoners, put an end to the torture and join the International Criminal Court. The other recommendations for Bahrain are to consider abolishing the death penalty, commuting death sentences to prison terms and improving laws that protect freedoms of expression and assembly. Bahrain's Human rights minister, Salah bin Ali Mohammed Abdulrahman told the 47-nation council in Geneva that the government is moving quickly to improve its human rights record. The recommendation regarding the release of political prisoners is significant in the wake of hunger strike since February by jailed Bahraini activists like Abdulhadi al-Khawaja. He and others have claimed that they suffered abuses and torture, and demanded their release. Al-Khawaja and seven other activists were sentenced to life in prison last year by a military court.