The United Nations defines human rights violations as deprivation of life; torture, cruel or degrading treatment or punishment; slavery and forced labor; arbitrary arrest or detention; arbitrary interference with privacy; war propaganda; discrimination; and advocacy of racial or religious hatred. In 1997 the U.S. Congress passed the “Leahy Laws” which cutoff security aid to specific units of foreign militaries if the Pentagon and the State Department determine a country has committed a gross violation of human rights, such as shooting civilians or summarily executing prison…
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16% No |
77% Yes |
10% No |
4% Yes, and ban all sales to countries with human rights violations |
6% No, this could prevent our allies from defending themselves against our mutual enemies |
3% Yes, but I would prefer a ban on all military aid to any foreign countries |
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to a point, i agree but we should only do it for our allies or NATO unless they show any signs of terrorism to the US but any countries accused should have the victims and accused trialed and if guilty removed from government chairs and withheld in prison.
@9LZQ7MQ1wk1W
Yes, unless such arms sales are necessary to their sovereign integrity, in which case arms sales could be negotiated to the benefit of the United States
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By giving out strict test to see if they pass so they can defend themselves but also we know who is in the wrong.
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If a country is even suspected of human rights violations, the government should freeze any arms deal with that country until that rumor is either confirmed or denied.
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I believe any country with larger amounts of human rights violations should be restricted of any and all military-aid
@9L6B4ML1mo1MO
Yes to a certain degree. Remember we've been accused of the same thing and are probably guilty of it in our history.
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