What countries in the middle east/related region have acceptable human rights records?
As is everything in the Middle East, this question is an extremely complicated and politically charged one. The answer depends on your point of view. I’ll do my best to provide an answer, but I’m sure it will generate a lot of disagreement from those whose point of view clashes with mine. # Egypt: This is a so-called presidential regime, but is actually much closer to a semi-benign dictatorship. There is little freedom of press, limited freedom of speech, and if the government is unhappy with you, good luck. The human rights situation there is not so good; According to Human Rights First (HRF) (http://www.humanrightsfirst.org/defenders/hrd_egypt/hrd_egypt.aspx?c=e3 ) Egypt has been cracking down hard for the past few years on young bloggers trying to reveal human rights violations. – quote – After a period of relative political openness from 2004-2005 that provided the Egyptian civil society and human rights movement with more space and freedom to conduct their activities, the situatio
