I think this post raises an important more general point: that countries are often held to different standards when it comes to human rights abuses. Take Dubai

I think this post raises an important more general point: that countries are often held to different standards when it comes to human rights abuses. Take Dubai as an example. It's clear that very serious human rights offenses are going on in the country and that specific classes of foreign workers are treated unfairly. But do we really hold Congo to the same standards, where 45,000 are killed in warfare every month? Certainly, the same offenses are going on in many countries around the world. People in Europe have been talking about an embargo on Israel similar to the South African apartheid embargo. But are countries that are committing similar offenses and worse held to the same standards?