@FreedomForward and 19 organizations are calling on Congress to block all new U.S. arms sales to both dictatorships. 1/
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The U.S. must stop supporting these brutal governments and instead invest in real, tangible measures for peace. 2/
@theactioncorps @ADHRB @CIPolicy @CIVICUSalliance @CWINews @CODEPINK @DemandProgress @MajoritySpeaks @feministforpol @thefreedomi @IPS_DC @whatthewomensay 3/
Saudi Arabia and UAE have used U.S. weapons in their devastating wars in Yemen and Libya.
These wars have spread #Coronavirus across the Middle East and North Africa by decimating local healthcare systems. 6/
Yemen:
@BBC: bbc.com/news/world-mid…
UAE and Saudi officials have been caught supporting terrorist networks, including Al-Qaeda-affiliated groups in Yemen. They have transferred U.S. weapons to terrorists. 8/
By @CNN @nimaelbagir @SalmaCNN @LauraSSpark Mohamed Abo El Gheit:
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Saudi Arabia and UAE have both jailed reformers and advocates for democracy within their borders.
Saudi Arabia has also assassinated and executed nonviolent reformers & dissidents, of whom Jamal Khashoggi is one major example. 9/
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Saudi Arabia and UAE both intervene across the Middle East and North Africa to stop democracy and promote dictatorships, including in Bahrain, Egypt, Sudan, and Libya. 10/
Via @RStatecraft:
responsiblestatecraft.org/2020/04/14/sau…
Saudi and UAE discriminate against women and jail and torture women activists.
Two notable #womensrights activists who are still imprisoned are Loujain al-Hathloul & Samar Badawi. 11/
@HRW:
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Both Saudi Arabia & UAE maintain the kafala system, an abusive labor system that robs foreign workers of their rights. Workers are often trapped, unable to leave abusive employers in circumstances that can amount to slavery. 12/
@ADHRB:
adhrb.org/2019/05/uae-mi…
Saudi Arabia and UAE both work globally to silence critics and block those attempting to escape state repression, including through espionage, armed kidnappings and assassination. 13/
@NakashimaE @GregBensinger in @washingtonpost:
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Saudi Arabia and UAE are major contributors to the global #climatecrisis through their massive fossil fuel exports. 14/
@mrmatthewtaylor @JonathanWatts in @Guardian:
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