And our leaders wine and dine with people who we call allies and good friends yet have their journalists, activists and political rivals killed without flinching.

You don't see anyone in power losing sleep over the Saudis or Israel constantly assassinating people they don't like. Or even bothering to care about a madman like Duterte from going on extrajudicial rampages and killing tens of thousands of his own citizens. Apparently they're the good guys because they fall into line with us.