not to the degree they are occurring now.
the thing that disappoints me most, is that west is quite happy to support dictators and close eyes to all the atrocities they commit, as long as said dictators are useful and loyal.
gulf countries are prime example.
during arab spring there were protests in Bahrain, and they called on Saudi army to crush them. no one said a thing, yet when the army/police was used in Egypt, Syria and Libya (or China for that matter) - the whole world went nuts..