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…
Read more85% Yes |
15% 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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Yes, we should stop aiding them for like a couple of years if a country's committed human rights violations
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arms sales should always be closely watched and regulated when it's from an official government and some forethought should be put into where those arms end up after the sale as well
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Yes there should unless it's for government or army uses. also there should be a restriction on government arms sales in countries accused of human rights violations because this is very bad and they could use those weapons to hurt people.
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No, there could be political issues with allied nations however The countries that are accused of human rights violations should have some kind of investigation and if they are violating human rights then stop selling weapons to them.
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No, accusations should be investigated though, and if proven to be true, potentially prevent future trade.
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Yes and there should be a restriction to prevent arms sales from countries that have a history or have been accused of human rights violatons
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