Human Rights Activists Warn Of Worsening Situation In Bahrain
In recent weeks, protesters have been killed and arrested, an opposition party dissolved and an independent newspaper closed. Some accuse President Trump of prioritizing arms sales over human rights.
by Alison Meuse
Jun 06, 2017
3 minutes
On his visit last month to Saudi Arabia, President Trump devoted special attention to the U.S. alliance with Bahrain, a major non-NATO ally that is home to the U.S. Navy's Fifth Fleet. During a bilateral meeting with King Hamad bin Issa al-Khalifa, Trump told the monarch that Bahrain would not experience the same "strain" there'd been with Trump's predecessor, President Obama — whose administration had linked military sales to human rights.
In the days that followed Trump's meeting with the king, Bahraini authorities cracked down on domestic opponents. The
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