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More than 80 per cent of the torture states in the world recieves military
support from the U.S. Government. The same George W. Bush who advocates
bombing Iraq to "bring democracy", is supporting at least 79 regimes which
practice torture according to Amnesty Internationals latest yearly report. If the U.S. Government would be seriously interested in democracy and human rights, there would be a much easier mean to push for this than starting wars: to withdraw military aid from these 79 regimes. If, on the other hand, the U.S. Government is more interested in supporting U.S. oil corporations than human rights, the current White House policy is very logical.
In the list below, those countries which recieve U.S. military aid are marked. All countries are linked to their respective annual report at Amnesty Internationals website (opens in a new window).  AngolaBurundiCentral African RepublicChadCote D'ivoireDemocratic Republic Of CongoEquatorial GuineaEthiopiaGambiaGuineaKenyaLesotho LiberiaMalawiMauritiusMozambiqueNamibiaNigeriaRwandaSenegalSierra LeoneSomaliaSouth AfricaSudanSwazilandTanzaniaTogoUgandaZambiaZimbabweAmericas ArgentinaBelizeBoliviaBrazilColombiaDominican RepublicEcuadorGuyanaJamaicaMexicoParaguayPeruTrinidad & TobagoVenezuelaAsia and the Pacific AfghanistanBangladeshChinaDemocratic People's Republic Of KoreaFijiIndiaIndonesiaMalaysiaMyanmarNepalPakistanPhilippinesSri LankaTaiwanThailandEurope AlbaniaArmeniaAzerbaijanBelarusBulgariaGeorgiaItalyKazakstanLatviaLithuaniaMacedoniaMoldovaRomaniaRussian FederationSlovak RepublicTajikistanTurkeyTurkmenistanUkraineUzbekistanMiddle East and North Africa AlgeriaEgyptIranIraqIsrael And The Occupied TerritoriesJordanKuwaitLebanonLibyaMoroccoPalestinian AuthorityQatarSaudi ArabiaSyriaTunisiaUnited Arab EmiratesYemenList compiled by Mikael von Knorring Stockholm, Sweden March 10, 2003 |
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