Approved Armed Sales To Egypt - Feb 17, 2021 Episode

3 years ago
5

Biden administration approves arms sale to Egypt despite human rights concerns. The State Department said in a news release that the proposed sale of the missiles and related equipment "will support the foreign policy and national security of the United States by helping to improve the security of a Major Non-NATO Ally country that continues to be an important strategic partner in the Middle East."

"The proposed sale will support the Egyptian Navy's Fast Missile Craft ships and provide significantly enhanced area defense capabilities over Egypt's coastal areas and approaches to the Suez Canal," the release said.

According to the State Department's 2019 country report on human rights practices in Egypt, those abuses included "unlawful or arbitrary killings, including extrajudicial killings by the government or its agents and terrorist groups; forced disappearance; torture; arbitrary detention; harsh and life-threatening prison conditions; political prisoners; arbitrary or unlawful interference with privacy; the worst forms of restrictions on free expression, the press, and the internet, including arrests or prosecutions against journalists, censorship, site blocking, and the existence of unenforced criminal libel; substantial interference with the rights of peaceful assembly and freedom of association, such as overly restrictive laws governing civil society organizations; restrictions on political participation; violence involving religious minorities; violence targeting lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and intersex (LGBTI) persons; use of the law to arbitrarily arrest and prosecute LGBTI persons; and forced or compulsory child labor."

#ArmedSales #Egypt

New Addition I am trying on the channel ComputerChick Productions News (C.C.P. NEWS) email me for any news you want me to discuss or bring up. Be sure to like comment and subscribe if you like the content I do a variety of things on this channel.

ComputerChick Productions All Your Graphic and Streaming Needs

~Social Media ~
Facebook
https://www.facebook.com/ComputerChickProductions/
Instagram
https://www.instagram.com/computerchick_productions/
Twitter
https://twitter.com/ComputerChick_
Twitch
https://www.twitch.tv/computerchick

Any music on this stream not for Financial gain for gaming and fun. I don't own the rights and shout out to all musicians starting and up and coming.

Loading comments...