Editors' Comment: Saudi Arabians rulers just spent nearly $500 trillions on weapons. When the Saudi rulers go on vacation, they take an entourage of 5000 people and spend 100's of millions of dollars on fancy hotels, luxurious cars, and security protection. But these rulers, whose wealth is derived from natural resources like oil and gas, contribute nothing when it comes to helping the poor and mitigating natural disasters. Poor countries, like Bangladesh, on the other hand, share whatever little they have with the needy. They remain the most generous people on the face of the earth despite the hardships they have endured from generations. The Bangladeshi people are now offering a helping hand to the Rohingya people who are escaping certain death in Myanmar.
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A new report published by Amnesty International today sheds light on the repressive tactics used by the Bahraini government over the past year to crush civil society and violently crack down on protests, leading to the deaths of six people, including one child.