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   The Human Cost of America's Arms Sales
 
 
ome face to face with people who have been ravaged by the sale of U.S. weapons to non-democratic regimes around the world. Three case studies are explored - American arms sales to the governments of Turkey, Colombia, and Indonesia. What has been the impact on the human rights of citizens whose governments rely on U.S. weapons rather than genuine political reform to remain in power?
 

Featured Experts:

Mike Amitay, Director
Washington Kurdish Institute

Christina Caballero, Columbian Journalist

Gloria Galindez, President
Association of Relatives of the Detained or Disappeared

Lawrence Korb, Former Assistant Secretary of Defense in the Reagan Administration
Council on Foreign Relations

Carlos Rodriguez Mejia
Colombian Commission of Jurists

Allan Nairn, Journalist/Activist

Jose Ramos-Horta, 1996 Nobel Peace Laureate
East Timor Action Network/US

Stephen Rickard
Amnesty International USA

Birusk Tugan, Exiled Kurdish Journalist

Produced: November 8, 1998
Running Time: 29 minutes
Show Number: 1209

Price: $39
Internet Discount: $29
 
 

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