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e-1221 (Nuclear and military exports)
E-petition
Initiated by Reza Eshaghian from Calgary, Alberta
Original language of petition: English
Petition to the Government of Canada
Whereas:
- Saudi Arabia has a long history of significant human rights violations within their borders;
- Saudi Arabia is participating in the Yemen civil war and is breaking conditions of the Geneva Convention by deliberately targeting civilians and civilian structures in Yemen, as documented by Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, Médecins Sans Frontières and the United Nations;
- Other governments have recognized these human rights violations and called for action: The European Parliament called on the European Union to impose an arms embargo on Saudi Arabia and Sweden cancelled its arm deal with Saudi Arabia in 2015;
- Canada is currently selling light armoured vehicles to Saudi Arabia;
- Weapons sold to Saudi Arabia may be used to break humanitarian law and kill innocent civilians; and
- Canadians take pride in Canadian principles, which include the protection of human rights.
We, the undersigned, Citizens and Residents of Canada, call upon the Government of Canada to Stand for Canadian Principles of Human Rights and stop supporting the Saudi Arabian violation of international humanitarian law by:
1) Immediately halting all transfer of Canadian made weapons to Saudi Arabia
2) Cancel all active and pending arms deals with Saudi Arabia
3) Reject all future arms deals with Governments with human right violations, including Saudi Arabia
- Open for signature
- August 11, 2017, at 8:55 a.m. (EDT)
- Closed for signature
- December 9, 2017, at 8:55 a.m. (EDT)
