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Democracy In Exile

With Germany's Renewed Arms Exports to Saudi Arabia, Interests Trumped Values

September 7, 2023

WASHINGTON, DC - SEPTEMBER 22: Storm clouds gather near the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday afternoon September 22, 2021 in Washington, DC. Senate Minority Leader McConnell (R-KY) and other Senate Republicans said that they will not vote to pass a continuing resolution to fund the government that would include an increase to the debt ceiling. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

Democracy In Exile

The Fallacy of 'Defensive' Weapons Is Just a Ploy to Justify Arms Sales

December 9, 2021

Congress Must Halt Biden's Arms Sales to Saudi Arabia

December 7, 2021

GAZA CITY, GAZA - MAY 15: Palestinians inspect ruins after Israeli warplanes bombed and destroyed a 6-storey building, in Gaza City, Gaza on May 15, 2021. (Photo by Ali Jadallah/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)

National Coalition Calls on Biden to Halt Weapons Sales to Israel

Palestinians inspect the damage in a residential district of Gaza City early on May 12, 2021, following continued Israeli airstrikes on the Hamas-run territory overnight. - Israeli air raids in the Gaza Strip have hit the homes of high-ranking members of the Hamas militant group, the military said Wednesday, with the territory's police headquarters also targeted. (Photo by Majdi Fathi/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

Dawn’s Advocacy

U.S. State Department: Secret Approval of License for Weapons Sales to Israel Circumvents Historic Senate Vote on Arms Sale to Israel

LONDON, ENGLAND - MAY 03: US Secretary of State, Antony Blinken, during a joint press conference with UK Foreign Secretary, Dominic Raab, at Downing Street on May 3, 2021 in London, England. This is the first visit to the UK by US Secretary of State, Antony Blinken, since his appointment by US President, Joe Biden. (Photo by Chris J Ratcliffe/Getty Images)

Dawn’s Advocacy

U.S. State Department: Halt License for Weapons Sales to Israel

EDITORS NOTE: Graphic content / Yemeni Red Crescent workers carry a victim on a stretcher amid the rubble of a destroyed funeral hall building following reported airstrikes by Saudi-led coalition air-planes on the capital Sanaa on October 8, 2016.
Rebels in control of Yemen's capital accused the Saudi-led coalition fighting them of killing or wounding dozens of people in air strikes on Sanaa. The insurgent-controlled news site sabanews.net said that coalition planes hit a building in the capital where people had gathered to mourn the death of an official, resulting in "dozens of dead or wounded". / AFP / MOHAMMED HUWAIS (Photo credit should read MOHAMMED HUWAIS/AFP via Getty Images)

DAWN Joins Nationwide Coalition Urging US to End Participation in Yemen War

December 4, 2020

TOPSHOT - US President-elect Joe Biden participates in a virtual meeting with the United States Conference of Mayors at the Queen in Wilmington, Delaware, on November 23, 2020. - US President-elect Joe Biden on Monday named the deeply experienced Antony Blinken for secretary of state, also nominating the first female head of intelligence and a czar for climate issues, with a promise to a return to expertise after the turbulent years of Donald Trump. (Photo by CHANDAN KHANNA / AFP) (Photo by CHANDAN KHANNA/AFP via Getty Images)

Democracy In Exile

Ending the Yemen War: President Biden Should Deny Arms to the UAE and Saudi Arabia on Day One

December 3, 2020

Yemenis search for survivors under the rubble of houses in the UNESCO-listed heritage site in the old city of Yemeni capital Sanaa, on June 12, 2015 following an overnight Saudi-led air strike. Residents said the pre-dawn strike, which killed five people was the first direct hit on old Sanaa since the launch of the bombing campaign against Huthi rebels in late March. AFP PHOTO / MOHAMMED HUWAIS (Photo credit should read MOHAMMED HUWAIS/AFP via Getty Images)

DAWN joins more than 80 organizations in asking Biden to end US participation in Yemen war

December 1, 2020

DUBAI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES - NOVEMBER 17, 2019: A Lockheed Martin F-35 combat aircraft performs at the 2019 Dubai Airshow. Marina Lystseva/TASS (Photo by Marina LystsevaTASS via Getty Images)

DAWN joins international coalition opposing US plans to sell weapons to UAE

November 30, 2020