Government support for repressive regimes

Governments of industrialized countries have, throughout the Cold War, provided support to repressive regimes, especially in developing countries, in order to protect either their own security or their economic interests, or both. In the case of Iraq, it was made clear in 1992 that the USA had knowingly provided support in the form of subsidies before the Gulf War towards the buildup of nuclear, biological and weapons technology, some of which was successfully obtained from the USA. The UK's support of Pol Pot in Cambodia, and President Moi in Kenya are other notable examples over recent years.

1. Internationally non-cooperative governments
2. Immoral public policy
3. Government hypocrisy
4. Foreign government intervention
5. Connivance of authorities in human rights abuses

1. Military aid
2. Massacres
3. Foreign military intervention
4. Dictatorship

1. Mistaken identification of government with people
2. Bias in United Nations response to human rights

1. Government action against regimes with alternative policies

1. Supporting corrupt regimes
2. Repressing
3. Improving quality of national governments
4. Condemning government support for undemocratic regimes

1. Repression
2. Corruption
3. Foreign
4. Undemocratic