Divine Rights in the GCC
Royal courtiers are funny things. Leaving aside the ridiculousness of a government based on DNA, or the fact that criticizing a ruling monarch is still a crime...
Brian Dooley is the director of the Human Rights Defenders Program at Human Rights First. He has worked in human rights research and advocacy in Ireland, Egypt, Bahrain, Latvia, Liberia and Lebanon, among others. From 1981 to 1982, he worked as an English teacher and community organizer in a black township in South Africa.