As the world's attention focuses on the West's intervention in Libya and emerging protest movements in Yemen and Syria, US and European inaction in Bahrain, where some of the most brutal repression of protestors has occurred, has come under fire.

Amnesty International tells West to stop arming Bahrain

(Press TV, London: 0527 PST, March 24, 2011) Amnesty International has just released a report condemning the use of force on protestors in Bahrain, and urging the United States and Europe to halt their arms trading policy with the Gulf kingdom. This comes after US and French-made tear gas canisters and rubber bullets were found in the wake of government attacks on protestors.

US Defends Bahrain Dictatorship

(The Real News: March 23, 2011) The Real News speaks with Husain Abdulla of Americans for Democracy & Human Rights in Bahrain, who calls on the administration of US President Barack Obama to take a stronger stance against the government crackdown in Bahrain.

Bahrain: The British Connection

(Press TV Global News: 0546 PST, March 24, 2011) An in-depth look at the connection between the British government and the regime of its former colony, Bahrain.

The Chechen leader of a children's charity and her husband were found shot dead today, the latest victims in a string of murders of human rights activists and journalists in the troubled Russian republic of Chechnya. Zarema Sadulayeva and husband Alik Dzhabrailov were kidnapped from the offices of Save the Generation, an NGO led by Sadulayeva dedicated to helping children suffering the effects of the devastating wars in Chechnya. The bodies of the couple were later found in the trunk of their own car.

Chechen leader and Kremlin comrade Ramzan Kadyrov denounced the killings, blaming them on a faction looking to destabilize and divide Chechen society. This tone of condemnation was a very different sentiment from the one Kadyrov recently leveled against Natalya Estemirova, human rights activist and journalist killed in Chechnya in July. In comments from an interview with Radio Free Liberty, Kadyrov claims Estemirova "never had any honor or sense of shame" and also rather crassly denied any role in her murder -- "Why would Kadyrov kill women that no one needs?"

Human rights organizations have called on the Russian government to stop the murders, and to staunch what Amnesty International called the "complete disregard for rule of law that prevails in Chechnya today." Kadyrov's response to these kinds of accusations, in a fashion popular among Russian politicians, was to change the subject to the open wound of the 2008 Russian-Georgian War in South Ossetia and blame America: "Human rights are violated all over the world. America pressures absolutely everyone. And no one says anything about it. Take South Ossetia. The Americans snuck in there at night, shot up the entire population, and left. And everyone's silent about it."

Mssrs. Kadyrov, Putin, and Medvedev: How many more need to be killed in Chechnya before that silence is broken? And who is left to break the silence? NPR reports that a major Russian radio station, Ekho Moskvy, tried to contact other human rights activists in Chechnya for their comments on the story, with no luck: ""We looked down our list and next to almost every name is the word 'died,' 'died,' 'died."'

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"When I heard the song for the first time I was actually watching the video. I was so deeply moved by it. I remember I was on the couch feeling horrible from a cold and when this came on I forgot I was even sick. It made cry because of the strong message but it also made me want to get up and dance. As a way to help spread the message, I choreographed this for my Zumba class."

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In case you missed the original Amnesty International/Link TV co-production here it is: