Human rights in the Middle East
Human rights in the Middle East are mostly covered in individual articles, listed below.
United States and European points of view on political rights
For example, the following topics are mentioned in the Egypt, Iran, Saudi Arabia and Yemen articles:
- Freedom of speech
- Freedom of religion
- Status of religious and ethnic minorities
- Status of women
- Status of homosexuals
Three of the US State Department's Worst Human Rights Offenders are in the Middle East and North Africa: Iran, Syria, and Sudan.
By country
See the following for more details on each country:
See also
- Human rights in Africa
- Human rights in East Asia
- Human rights in Central Asia
- Human rights in Europe
- Human rights in China
- Human rights in the United States
- Human rights in Islamic countries
- Timeline of first women's suffrage in majority-Muslim countries
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