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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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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The US government has already put sanctions on Russia and Iran, who have numerous human rights violations in them. We should provide weapons for our allies.
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In the text above it uses the word (accused) and that means that it wasn’t proved to be true. Therefore I don’t exactly know if it would be fair or not. If it is true though I would agree that there could be restrictions in place.
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Unless given to the people whom the human rights violations are being held against to fight back against the foreign country's leaders, the weapons shall not be handed out freely and as our government pleases. This could cause our military to be counter-attacked and create more enemies in the long run.
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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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