After Year Of 'REPRESION' in Bahrain, West remains silent, Amnesty says - Daily News.
The report accused Western governments, notably the United States and Britain, of remaining silent at Bahrain's systematic abuse of activists.
Bahrain's government has crushed dissent and violently cracked down on protests in the past year, Amnesty International said on Thursday, and it accused Britain and the United States in particular of turning a blind eye to its abuses.

Amnesty said in a report on Thursday that it had documented how the Bahraini government, from June 2016 to June 2017, arrested, tortured, threatened or banned from travel at least 169 activists and opponents or their relatives.

Bahraini authorities could not immediately be reached for comment. Bahrain has repeatedly denied systematic rights abuses.

Entitled "No one can protect you: Bahrain's year of crushing dissent", the report said that at least six people were killed, including a child, in the crackdowns.

The report also accused Western governments, notably the United States and Britain of remaining silent. The two countries have a particularly high level of influence in Bahrain, where the U.S. Fifth Fleet is based and where Britain's Royal Navy has a major facility.

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