Freedom House: International community’s abandonment of Bahrain: One o
 

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December 09, 2011
by Mary McGuire and Sarah Trister*

The year 2011 will be remembered as one of immense political and social change around the world, particularly the Middle East. On this International Human Rights Day, Freedom House looks back at a few of the best and worst developments of the year with respect to their long-term implications for the global state of human rights.

The international community’s abandonment of Bahrain:

Despite the concerted international action to protect peaceful protesters in other parts of the Arab world, there have been no UN resolutions or sanctions on Bahrain , where protesters’ calls for political reform have been met with excessive force, torture, extrajudicial killings, and the targeting of medical professionals who treat injured demonstrators. The only significant outside intervention has come from Saudi Arabia, which sent troops into the country to bolster the government’s crackdown. The United States, one of Bahrain’s closest allies, has shown tepid opposition to the more egregious violations, but mostly looked the other way, even announcing a $53 million arms sale to the country.

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