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Sign the petition to ban export of crowd control equipment to oppressive regimes
Feb 19, 2011

Focus:Corporate Responsibility
Action Request:Petition
Location:United States
Please sign the petition http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/stop-export-of-riotgear-to-oppressive-regimes/

At the same time as heads of state and foreign ministers of the western democracies word support for peoples demand for democracy in the middle east, and ask the regimes to allow peaceful demonstrations without use of excessive force, it is disturbing that the very same western democracies allow export of law enforcement equipment to the very same regimes.

The words of support and demands for restraint loose their meaning, when the demonstrators in Tunisia, Egypt, Bahrain, Yemen, Libya etc etc can read "made in USA", "made in France" "made in Italy" on the tear gas canisters, especially when the equipment isn't used with the required precautions.

see http://www.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/africa/01/28/egypt.us.tear.gas/index.html
and http://www.france24.com/en/20110201-france-tear-gas-permits-issues-exports-tunisia-revolt-prime-minister-fillon-paris-jet

We the undersigned therefore urge for an immediate ban on export of crowd control equipment, anti-rioting gear and other types of small arms weapons to repressive regimes

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Posted: Saturday February 19, 2011, 1:37 am
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