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Tell Congress: Stop Rewarding Dictators with Weapons!

10-12-2011

By Brian Dooley
Director, Human Rights Defenders

Take action now!

Good news! Senator Ron Wyden (D-OR) and Congressman James McGovern (D-MA) have stepped up and are leading the fight in Congress to stop the arms sale to Bahrain’s brutal monarchy. They introduced a joint Resolution of Disapproval in Congress that will block this sale immediately. But now your Senators and Representatives need to hear from you.

Tell Congress to stop arming the Bahraini dictatorship with weapons by supporting this resolution today!

Bahrain’s pro-democracy protests have been the largest, proportionately, of any country in the Middle East. Hundreds of thousands of citizens have risen up to demand their human rights. The Bahraini regime, trying to protect its power, has abducted, tortured, and killed peaceful protestors.

Home of the Navy’s U.S. Fifth Fleet, Bahrain is an important strategic U.S. ally, and the United States has been muted in its criticisms of the regime’s brutality. Now the Pentagon intends to sell $53 million worth of armored Humvees and TOW missiles to Bahrain. The United States should not reward a regime that brutalizes its people.

Tell Congress to stand on the side of democracy and human rights in the Middle East by blocking the arms sale to the Bahrain Monarchy!

If the United States aspires to be a global leader on human rights and inspire those fighting for democracy in the Middle East and elsewhere, it simply cannot reward repressive regimes with weapons. It must side with human rights, not dictators.


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  • Garrett Collins

    Peace must be encouraged by peaceful means. Always.

  • mark glasser

    this is horribly hypocritical

  • G.V. Christensen

    The US Gov’t is controlled by the Wall St Banksters
    & the war industrialists and it loves to plunder, murder and maim. I urge you, in Congress, quit meddling in foreign affairs. Quit the killing, torturing and destroying and quit expediting other
    murderous countries from doing the same. Gov’ts worldwide are becoming enemies of their own people.
    You can be certain that sooner or later citizens of the US will awaken and most are not going to be pleased. Halt the wars and do it now, not next year!

  • bahrain

    STOP killing the people of Bahrain

  • JOHN STOIA

    STOP SELL WEAPONS

  • satish hanover

    This is a genuine step to RESTORE credibilty to American rhetoric towards its ethics & principles to support democracy & freedom.This motion should be powerfully supported with 99% will.What is required is to put pressure to save a nation under severe repression & brutal crackdown.As USA stood up against McCarthyism during 50′S, Bahrain people is viciously facing worst type of McCarthyism, paramedics,trade unionists,engineers,teachers,minors (Childredn) being tortured, detained & prioned under military courts.Now it is the time to stand up & give a big arm to Bahrain people who is suffering from tyrant. What Bahrain people demands is simple set to be FREEEEEE & stand against TYRANNY.Join us & give CREDIT to American reherotic in supporting FREEDOM & DEMOCRACY to world at large & to Bahrain in particular.

  • ebrahim

    alkhalife are the worst monarchy in the world, they are not more than a gong of theafes, they have no idea about what human right means..we as bahraini ppl wish to get democracy n dignity so plz dont sell weapons to this regime

  • redha

    i have an other suggestion just make the prices higher by 100% e.g.the price of tear gas 100 make it 1000 .
    like this they will be broken and saudi wont support them