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June 13, 2018 in Iraq // Documentary: Journey In The Danger Zone: Humanizing Iraq
June 12, 2018 in Alistair Articles // North Korea Summit: What Exactly Is Trump Selling?
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June 4, 2018 in South Asia // VIDEO: Kabul Under Siege – America’s Longest War And No End In Sight
May 19, 2018 in Alistair Articles // YEMEN: Interview With Founder of Mona Relief Humanitarian Aid
May 19, 2018 in Africa // Documentary: Nigeria’s Stolen Daughters – Story Of The Chibok Girls

Amnesty

🍁 CDN: Human Rights Groups To Trudeau – Stop Immoral Arms Deal With KSA

The Liberals are on the defensive after court documents released earlier this month revealed that Mr. Dion, not Stephen Harper’s Conservatives, signed the export permits to allow seventy-percent (70%) of the transaction to ship to Saudi Arabia. Many observers had assumed the Conservatives had granted export permits when they signed the deal. trudeau speaking"The Liberal signature on the export permits means that the Liberal government has taken full ownership of a decision to sell arms to a country notorious for human-rights abuses.

Last week Canadian Foreign Affairs Minister Stéphane Dion approved the export permits allowing for the $15-billion transaction of armed military vehicles to Saudi Arabia. A decision that sets a precedence in determining whether a weapons shipment to a foreign country is [continue reading].

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