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Saudi Arabia’s ‘reform drive’ cannot be considered credible as long as peaceful activists are still being targeted for their work.

Bahrain’s human rights crisis has only worsened. The authorities have demonstrated a zero-tolerance policy for any free and independent political thought,...

The UAE targets political opponents and activists, and criminalizes fundamental freedoms and basic human rights.

The human rights record of the United States itself remained tarnished and showed a continued tendency to deteriorate.