Submitted on Thursday 11th June 2020
Rejected on Tuesday 16th June 2020
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)
Suspend UK export of tear gas, rubber bullets and riot shields to USA
Government records show it grants export licences worth millions of pounds for the sale of anti-crowd gas, riot equipment and other small arms to the US – but the government’s own rules say such exports should not go ahead where they are likely to be used for “internal repression”.
Oliver Feeley-Sprague, Amnesty International UK’s military, security and police programme director, said: “After the shocking images of the police and national guard using excessive force against Black Lives Matter protesters in Minneapolis, the UK should immediately freeze all policing and security equipment export licences to the US where there’s a clear risk of further misuse – something the UK is obliged to do under its own laws, and that ministers need to respond to.
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We have published the following petitions, which you might like to sign:
Condemn the US government for the use of force against its citizens: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/323863
Suspend future sales of tear gas and other crowd control equipment to the USA: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/324208
We have also published several petitions about race and equality more widely, which you can view here: petition.parliament.uk/petitions?state=open&topic=race-and-equality
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