According to www.hrw.org, police in Tunisia, Kuwait, and Egypt are denying civilians the right to peaceful protest. In Tunisia, young protesters are being beaten with clubs and kicked by police officers without penalty. This has been going on for the larger part of Ben Ali’s presidency, but when Mohamed Bouazizi used himself as a protest against police brutality causing hundreds of youth protesters to storm the streets in December of 2010. After a fatal shooting of a protester, a successful revolt against Ben Ali has lowered the amount of police brutality. In Kuwait, the restrictions on human rights have continued to worsen this year. Kuwait’s government has had no trouble terrorizing citizens that dear speak against it. For example, security forces violently removed citizens from the home of Juma'an al-Harbish after a heated debate after over the constitution. Several people were injured including several other parliament and shock the entire community. In Egypt, the Human Rights Watch has been urging the Egyptian government to stop shootings into crowds of peaceful protestors. To also get results, HRW has urged the United States government to put the maximum amount of pressure on Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak to make a change before more people die.
These violent displays of human rights abuse all around the world show us that not enough is being done to protect human rights. They all show the various ways that people are trying to battle for their rights. The citizens of Tunisia used the power of protest to revolt against the president and reduce the amount of violence displayed by the police forces. Members of parliament in Kuwait have resorted to meeting in private homes to discuss the constitution and other problems with the government just so that they can exercise their right to speak freely. The Human Rights Watch is doing what it can to urge the United States and other governments to help make a change but their actions have been in vain so far but it shows that there is a group out there that is fighting to solve this global problem.
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