Bahrain https://wri-irg.org/en en War profiteer profile: Alsetex https://wri-irg.org/en/story/2024/war-profiteer-profile-alsetex <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'ds_entity_view' --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'modules/contrib/ds/templates/ds-entity-view.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'ds_1col' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * ds-1col--node--42691.html.twig * ds-1col--node-story-rss.html.twig * ds-1col--node-story.html.twig * ds-1col--node-rss.html.twig * ds-1col--node.html.twig x ds-1col.html.twig x ds-1col.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'modules/contrib/ds/templates/ds-1col.html.twig' --> <div data-history-node-id="42691" class="node node--type-story node--view-mode-rss ds-1col clearfix"> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * field--field-image--rss.html.twig * field--expert--node--field-image--story.html.twig * field--expert--node--story.html.twig * field--expert--node--field-image.html.twig * field--expert--field-image--story.html.twig * field--expert--story.html.twig * field--expert--field-image.html.twig * field--expert.html.twig * field--ds-field-expert.html.twig * field--node--field-image--story.html.twig * field--node--field-image.html.twig * field--node--story.html.twig * field--field-image.html.twig * field--image.html.twig * field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'modules/contrib/ds/templates/ds-field-expert.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'responsive_image_formatter' --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'core/modules/responsive_image/templates/responsive-image-formatter.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'responsive_image' --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'core/modules/responsive_image/templates/responsive-image.html.twig' --> <picture> <source srcset="/sites/default/files/public_files/styles/single_page_desktop/public/2024-02/15852628755_28017b7a94_k.jpg?itok=FpOiVBRq 1x" media="screen and (min-width: 992px)" type="image/jpeg"/> <source srcset="/sites/default/files/public_files/styles/single_page_mobiles_and_tablets/public/2024-02/15852628755_28017b7a94_k.jpg?itok=ZfMpqAue 1x" type="image/jpeg"/> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'image' --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/system/image.html.twig' --> <img src="/sites/default/files/public_files/styles/single_page_mobiles_and_tablets/public/2024-02/15852628755_28017b7a94_k.jpg?itok=ZfMpqAue" alt="Two police officers in the foreground, one armed with a large tear gas launcher" title="French police armed with a Alsetex Cougar tear gas launcher. Image: Pierre-Selim via Flickr CC2.0" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/system/image.html.twig' --> </picture> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'core/modules/responsive_image/templates/responsive-image.html.twig' --> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'core/modules/responsive_image/templates/responsive-image-formatter.html.twig' --> <div class="caption">French police armed with a Alsetex Cougar tear gas launcher. Image: Pierre-Selim via Flickr CC2.0</div> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'modules/contrib/ds/templates/ds-field-expert.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * field--node-post-date---custom.html.twig * field--expert--node--node-post-date--story.html.twig * field--expert--node--story.html.twig * field--expert--node--node-post-date.html.twig * field--expert--node-post-date--story.html.twig * field--expert--story.html.twig * field--expert--node-post-date.html.twig * field--expert.html.twig * field--ds-field-expert.html.twig * field--node--node-post-date--story.html.twig * field--node--node-post-date.html.twig * field--node--story.html.twig * field--node-post-date.html.twig * field--ds.html.twig * field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'modules/contrib/ds/templates/ds-field-expert.html.twig' --> <time > 19 Feb 2024</time> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'modules/contrib/ds/templates/ds-field-expert.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * field--body--rss.html.twig * field--default--node--body--story.html.twig * field--default--node--story.html.twig * field--default--node--body.html.twig * field--default--body--story.html.twig * field--default--story.html.twig * field--default--body.html.twig * field--default.html.twig * field--theme-ds-field-default.html.twig * field--node--body--story.html.twig * field--node--body.html.twig * field--node--story.html.twig * field--body.html.twig * field--text-with-summary.html.twig x field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/field/field.html.twig' --> <div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field--item"><p>Alsetex is a French company, owned by the Etienne Lacroix Group including various types of non-lethal munitions and crowd control equipment. Products manufactured by Alsetex include tear gas grenades, stun grenades, riot control agents, and a range of related launchers.</p> <p>According to the Registre du Commerce et des Sociétés, the company was first registered in 1973, in 2022 Alsetex had a turnover of €34m, and in 2021 had a staff of 182 people. The company does not maintain a very visible online presence, but does market their products at a number of arms fairs around the world. For example, they have been registered to attend: Milipol Paris (France), IDEX 2023 (UAE), <a href="https://armyrecognition.com/eurosatory_2014_show_daily_news_coverage_report/alsetex_presents_its_landcougar_12_and_56-mm_range_in_live_demonstration_during_eurosatory_2014.html" target="https://armyrecognition.com/eurosatory_2014_show_daily_news_coverage_report/alsetex_presents_its_landcougar_12_and_56-mm_range_in_live_demonstration_during_eurosatory_2014.html">Eurosatory </a>(France), Milipol Qatar, World Defence Show 2022 (Saudi Arabia), and Defence Services Asia (Malaysia).</p> <p>Equipment and weapons manufactured by Alsetex have been observed being used by police and security forces in a number of locations around the world, including those with significant human rights concerns, and targeting nonviolent protesters. For example, there is evidence of Alsetex weapons being used in: Senegal, <a href="https://www.amnesty.org/en/documents/afr16/2100/2015/en/" target="https://www.amnesty.org/en/documents/afr16/2100/2015/en/">Burundi</a>, Lebanon, France, <a href="https://assembly.coe.int/nw/xml/XRef/Xref-XML2HTML-en.asp?fileid=24292&amp;lang=en" target="https://assembly.coe.int/nw/xml/XRef/Xref-XML2HTML-en.asp?fileid=24292&amp;lang=en">Côte d’Ivoire, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Bahrain</a>, <a href="https://reflets.info/articles/alsetex-maintien-de-l-ordre-partout-justice-nulle-part" target="https://reflets.info/articles/alsetex-maintien-de-l-ordre-partout-justice-nulle-part">Benin, Madagascar, Ghana, and Liberia. </a></p> <p>The company’s Cougar launchers <a href="https://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-us-marine-lance-cpl-chase-m-graves-grenadier-with-spmagtf-crisis-response-129753510.html" target="https://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-us-marine-lance-cpl-chase-m-graves-grenadier-with-spmagtf-crisis-response-129753510.html">have also been photographed</a> in 2014 being used in a training session by American soldiers who are part of the SPMAGTF Crisis Response – Africa.</p> <h1>Launchers</h1> <h2>Senegal</h2> <p>Among a number of other African countries, Alsetex’s Cougar launcher has been identified being used by security forces in Senegal on a number of occasions, as recently as February 2024.</p> <p>In May 2023, the French journalist Maxime Sirvins tweeted a number of images showing members of the Senegalese police holding Cougar launchers, as well as dozens of spent GM2L tear gas canisters manufactured by Alsetex in 2021.</p> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-conversation="none"><p dir="ltr" lang="fr" xml:lang="fr">On retrouve déjà le célèbre lanceur Cougar qui permet de tirer des grenades de 56mm.<br /> Il est fabriqué par la société française Alsetex 🇫🇷<a href="https://t.co/DFUe3PpN93">https://t.co/DFUe3PpN93</a> <a href="https://t.co/gfDGl2TRvK">pic.twitter.com/gfDGl2TRvK</a></p> <p>— Maxime Sirvins (@MaximeSirvins) <a href="https://twitter.com/MaximeSirvins/status/1661323319704944640?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 24, 2023</a></p></blockquote> <script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script><p>More recently, footage shared by Al Jazeera clearly shows riot police firing canisters from a Cougar launcher at a group protesting the delay in an election in February 2024. The footage can be seen <a href="https://youtu.be/cvPV2CCpqe4?t=19" target="https://youtu.be/cvPV2CCpqe4?t=19">here</a> at 0:19 seconds.</p> <h2>Lebanon</h2> <p>Cougar launchers and tear gas grenades manufactured by Alsetex have also been identified being used by <a href="https://twitter.com/drfigtree/status/635216532293951488" target="https://twitter.com/drfigtree/status/635216532293951488">Lebanese security forces</a> against people taking part in the “You Stink” movement in 2015.</p> <h2>Vehicle-mounted</h2> <p>Cougar launchers can also be mounted on vehicles, such as the Berliet VXB-170 armoured vehicle. The VXB has been <a href="https://www.newsweek.com/france-military-vehicles-war-zones-paris-yellow-vests-1249946" target="https://www.newsweek.com/france-military-vehicles-war-zones-paris-yellow-vests-1249946">used in France</a> against the Gilets Jaunes.</p> <h1>Grenades</h1> <h2>France</h2> <p>It is perhaps unsurprising that Alsetex’s products have been widely used by the French police. There is significant evidence of the company’s equipment being widely used against social movements like the Gilets Jaunes.</p> <p>The GLI-F4 grenade contains 10g of CS gas and 26g of TNT high explosive, and have been classified as weapons of war in the French Internal Security Code. Despite this, they have been used extensively against civilians in France, with a reported <a href="https://reporterre.net/Les-gendarmes-ont-deverse-une-quantite-record-de-grenades-sur-la-Zad-de-Notre" target="https://reporterre.net/Les-gendarmes-ont-deverse-une-quantite-record-de-grenades-sur-la-Zad-de-Notre">three thousand such grenades</a> – including some expired stock – being used against the Notre-Dames-des-Landes ZAD in April 2018.</p> <p>There are a number of documented cases of GLI-F4 grenades causing life-changing injuries, including the loss of hands and limbs. The sound created by a GLI-F4 grenade exploding is around 165db, enough to cause hearing damage to those in close proximity.</p> <p>In France, the GLI-F4 has been replaced with the GM2L grenade – also manufactured by Alsetex - which doesn’t contain TNT. However, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200127174016/https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/27/world/europe/france-tear-gas-grenades.html" target="https://web.archive.org/web/20200127174016/https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/27/world/europe/france-tear-gas-grenades.html">critics described this</a> as a “fake gesture”.</p> <p>And there are significant concerns about the impact of its use from groups like <a href="https://lethalindisguise.org/case-studies/france/" target="https://lethalindisguise.org/case-studies/france/">Physicians for Human Rights</a>. The GM2L is still an explosive grenade with 10g of CS powder, and produces 160db at 10m.</p> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en" xml:lang="en">The <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/GM2L?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#GM2L</a> is an explosive grenade, with 10g of pure CS powder, and 160dB at 10m.<br /> Explosive grenades pose a risk of life changing serious injury, or death. The GM2L is not suitable for crowd control - use should immediately be suspended. Tracking? <a href="https://twitter.com/ElluinA?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@ElluinA</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/Desarmons_les?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@Desarmons_les</a> <a href="https://t.co/xPAegJILSN">https://t.co/xPAegJILSN</a></p> <p>— Omega Research Foundation (@Omega_RF) <a href="https://twitter.com/Omega_RF/status/1337009493541052419?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 10, 2020</a></p></blockquote> <script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script><h2>Democratic Republic of Congo</h2> <p>Amnesty International has also <a href="https://www.amnesty.org/en/documents/afr62/007/2012/en/" target="https://www.amnesty.org/en/documents/afr62/007/2012/en/">reported in 2012</a> that 900 GM2L grenades were exported to the Democratic Republic of Congo, alongside other equipment manufactured by Alsetex (72 56mm Cougar Multi-light grenade launchers, 80 FAR smoke grenades, 720 GENL stinger grenades, 800 BDBE 40mm low velocity kinetic defence rounds).</p> </div> <!-- 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--> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/system/image.html.twig' --> <img src="/sites/default/files/public_files/styles/single_page_mobiles_and_tablets/public/2022-09/untitled-1.png?itok=URtGgJaM" alt="A multi-shot vehicle mounted tear gas launcher" title="The CNO-Tech STARK tear gas launcher" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/system/image.html.twig' --> </picture> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'core/modules/responsive_image/templates/responsive-image.html.twig' --> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'core/modules/responsive_image/templates/responsive-image-formatter.html.twig' --> <div class="caption">The CNO-Tech STARK tear gas launcher</div> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'modules/contrib/ds/templates/ds-field-expert.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * field--node-post-date---custom.html.twig * field--expert--node--node-post-date--story.html.twig * 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field--default.html.twig * field--theme-ds-field-default.html.twig * field--node--body--story.html.twig * field--node--body.html.twig * field--node--story.html.twig * field--body.html.twig * field--text-with-summary.html.twig x field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/field/field.html.twig' --> <div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field--item"><p>CNO Tech is a South Korean arms company, who manufacturer a range of equipment of weapons for military and law enforcement use, including single and multi-shot “riot” launchers, vehicle-mounted launcher systems, stun grenades, flash bangs, CS gas grenades, foam impact munitions, and various types of armour and shields. The company also manufacturers practice munitions for the military and police. According to the company’s website they were established in 1997 and has offices listed in Seoul, as well as manufacturing facilities in eastern the Gyongsangbuk-do region of Korea.</p> <p>Relatively little information is publicly available about this CNO Tech, but they are listed as an exhibitor at the 2022 DX Korea arms fair, which is due to take place in September 2022, and has also been identified at other arms fairs, including <a href="https://twitter.com/Omega_RF/status/530383479704649728">IndoDefence in 2014</a> and at MILIPOL in Paris in 2013.</p> <p>CNO Tech is understood by WRI’s affiliate in South Korea – World Without War - to have sold its products to a wide range of oppressive regimes, including <a href="https://english.hani.co.kr/arti/english_edition/e_international/592743.html">Turkey</a>, Bangladesh, Togo, Indonesia, <a href="https://thediplomat.com/2013/12/south-koreas-tear-gas/">Bahrain</a>, Oman and Sri Lanka. In 2013, CNO Tech were identified as one of a number of South Korean companies who had exported millions of rounds of tear gas to Turkey, where they were heavily used by the Turkish police to subdue protests.</p> <p>The Omega Research Foundation, Bradford Non-Lethal Weapons Research Project, and Dr Michael Crowley, profiled the CNO Tech “STARK” 38/40mm launcher in their 2015 report “Tear Gassing by Remote Control”. <a href="https://www.files.ethz.ch/isn/195222/Tear%20Gassing%20By%20Remote%20Control%20Report.pdf">The report includes correspondence</a> with the company which suggests that the launcher “can’t aim any target precisely – not like a hand-held launcher or a water cannon”. The weapon has a range of 180m.</p> <p> </p> </div> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/field/field.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * field--field-programmes-projects--rss.html.twig * field--expert--node--field-programmes-projects--story.html.twig * field--expert--node--story.html.twig * field--expert--node--field-programmes-projects.html.twig * field--expert--field-programmes-projects--story.html.twig * field--expert--story.html.twig * field--expert--field-programmes-projects.html.twig * field--expert.html.twig * field--ds-field-expert.html.twig * field--node--field-programmes-projects--story.html.twig * field--node--field-programmes-projects.html.twig * field--node--story.html.twig * field--field-programmes-projects.html.twig * field--entity-reference.html.twig * field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'modules/contrib/ds/templates/ds-field-expert.html.twig' --> <div class="field--label tags--label field-label-above">Programmes &amp; Projects</div> <div class="wri-main--tags"> <span class="rel-tag" > <a href="/en/programmes/war-profiteer-companies" hreflang="en">War profiteer companies</a></span> <span class="rel-tag" > <a href="/en/programme/war-profiteers" hreflang="en">War Profiteers</a></span> </div> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'modules/contrib/ds/templates/ds-field-expert.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * field--field-countries--rss.html.twig * field--expert--node--field-countries--story.html.twig * field--expert--node--story.html.twig * field--expert--node--field-countries.html.twig * field--expert--field-countries--story.html.twig * field--expert--story.html.twig * field--expert--field-countries.html.twig * field--expert.html.twig * field--ds-field-expert.html.twig * field--node--field-countries--story.html.twig * field--node--field-countries.html.twig * field--node--story.html.twig * field--field-countries.html.twig * field--entity-reference.html.twig * field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'modules/contrib/ds/templates/ds-field-expert.html.twig' --> <div class="field--label tags--label field-label-above">Countries</div> <div class="wri-main--tags"> <span class="rel-tag" > <a href="/en/taxonomy/term/169" hreflang="en">Korea, South</a></span> <span class="rel-tag" > <a href="/en/taxonomy/term/256" hreflang="en">Turkey</a></span> <span class="rel-tag" > <a href="/en/taxonomy/term/171" hreflang="en">Bahrain</a></span> </div> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'modules/contrib/ds/templates/ds-field-expert.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * field--field-theme--rss.html.twig * field--expert--node--field-theme--story.html.twig * field--expert--node--story.html.twig * field--expert--node--field-theme.html.twig * field--expert--field-theme--story.html.twig * field--expert--story.html.twig * field--expert--field-theme.html.twig * field--expert.html.twig * field--ds-field-expert.html.twig * field--node--field-theme--story.html.twig * field--node--field-theme.html.twig * field--node--story.html.twig * field--field-theme.html.twig * field--entity-reference.html.twig * field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'modules/contrib/ds/templates/ds-field-expert.html.twig' --> <div class="field--label tags--label field-label-above">Theme</div> <div class="wri-main--tags"> <span class="rel-tag" > <a href="/en/taxonomy/term/507" hreflang="en">Police militarisation</a></span> </div> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'modules/contrib/ds/templates/ds-field-expert.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * field--field-police-militarisation-them--rss.html.twig * field--expert--node--field-police-militarisation-them--story.html.twig * field--expert--node--story.html.twig * field--expert--node--field-police-militarisation-them.html.twig * field--expert--field-police-militarisation-them--story.html.twig * field--expert--story.html.twig * field--expert--field-police-militarisation-them.html.twig * field--expert.html.twig * field--ds-field-expert.html.twig * field--node--field-police-militarisation-them--story.html.twig * field--node--field-police-militarisation-them.html.twig * field--node--story.html.twig * field--field-police-militarisation-them.html.twig * field--entity-reference.html.twig * field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'modules/contrib/ds/templates/ds-field-expert.html.twig' --> <div class="field--label tags--label field-label-above">Police militarisation theme</div> <div class="wri-main--tags"> <span class="rel-tag" > <a href="/en/pm-themes/equipment-training-and-tactics" hreflang="en">Equipment, training and tactics</a></span> <span class="rel-tag" > <a href="/en/pm-themes/who-profits" hreflang="en">Who profits?</a></span> </div> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'modules/contrib/ds/templates/ds-field-expert.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'links__node' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * links--node.html.twig x links.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/system/links.html.twig' --> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/system/links.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * field--comment--rss.html.twig * field--default--node--comment--story.html.twig * field--default--node--story.html.twig * field--default--node--comment.html.twig * field--default--comment--story.html.twig * field--default--story.html.twig * field--default--comment.html.twig * field--default.html.twig * field--theme-ds-field-default.html.twig x field--node--comment--story.html.twig * field--node--comment.html.twig * field--node--story.html.twig * field--comment.html.twig * field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/custom/wri_main/templates/field/field--node--comment--story.html.twig' --> <section class="comments"> <h2>Add new comment</h2> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderForm" arguments="0=node&amp;1=42541&amp;2=comment&amp;3=comment" token="6svkxAgIfanl-kYgcFsreg6eSKoEN-P8RyPGjgs1YxU"></drupal-render-placeholder> </section> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/custom/wri_main/templates/field/field--node--comment--story.html.twig' --> </div> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'modules/contrib/ds/templates/ds-1col.html.twig' --> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'modules/contrib/ds/templates/ds-entity-view.html.twig' --> Fri, 16 Sep 2022 09:43:29 +0000 Andrew 42541 at https://wri-irg.org UK: University of Huddersfield criticised for involvement in Bahrain "torture hub" https://wri-irg.org/en/story/2020/uk-university-huddersfield-criticised-involvement-bahrain-torture-hub <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'ds_entity_view' --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'modules/contrib/ds/templates/ds-entity-view.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'ds_1col' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * ds-1col--node--42052.html.twig * 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'modules/contrib/ds/templates/ds-field-expert.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'responsive_image_formatter' --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'core/modules/responsive_image/templates/responsive-image-formatter.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'responsive_image' --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'core/modules/responsive_image/templates/responsive-image.html.twig' --> <picture> <source srcset="/sites/default/files/public_files/styles/single_page_desktop/public/2020-03/huddersfield_vigil.jpg?itok=3-dzNC_Z 1x" media="screen and (min-width: 992px)" type="image/jpeg"/> <source srcset="/sites/default/files/public_files/styles/single_page_mobiles_and_tablets/public/2020-03/huddersfield_vigil.jpg?itok=4SgSyf_z 1x" type="image/jpeg"/> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'image' --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/system/image.html.twig' --> <img src="/sites/default/files/public_files/styles/single_page_mobiles_and_tablets/public/2020-03/huddersfield_vigil.jpg?itok=4SgSyf_z" alt="Four protesters hold signs outside the University of Huddersfield. The placards detail human rights abuses at the Bahrain Royal Academy" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/system/image.html.twig' --> </picture> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'core/modules/responsive_image/templates/responsive-image.html.twig' --> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'core/modules/responsive_image/templates/responsive-image-formatter.html.twig' --> <div class="caption"></div> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'modules/contrib/ds/templates/ds-field-expert.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * field--node-post-date---custom.html.twig * field--expert--node--node-post-date--story.html.twig * field--expert--node--story.html.twig * field--expert--node--node-post-date.html.twig * field--expert--node-post-date--story.html.twig * field--expert--story.html.twig * field--expert--node-post-date.html.twig * field--expert.html.twig * field--ds-field-expert.html.twig * field--node--node-post-date--story.html.twig * field--node--node-post-date.html.twig * field--node--story.html.twig * field--node-post-date.html.twig * field--ds.html.twig * field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'modules/contrib/ds/templates/ds-field-expert.html.twig' --> <time > 09 Mar 2020</time> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'modules/contrib/ds/templates/ds-field-expert.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * field--body--rss.html.twig * field--default--node--body--story.html.twig * field--default--node--story.html.twig * field--default--node--body.html.twig * field--default--body--story.html.twig * field--default--story.html.twig * field--default--body.html.twig * field--default.html.twig * field--theme-ds-field-default.html.twig * field--node--body--story.html.twig * field--node--body.html.twig * field--node--story.html.twig * field--body.html.twig * field--text-with-summary.html.twig x field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/field/field.html.twig' --> <div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field--item"><p>The University of Huddersfield in the United Kingdom has been accused of training Bahraini police at a base that is well-known as a “torture hub”. The course – an MSc in Security Science – has been run exclusively for trainee officers at the Bahrain’s Royal Academy of Policing since 2018.</p> <p>However, the <a href="http://birdbh.org/2020/02/university-of-huddersfield-masters-course-taught-at-bahraini-torture-hub/">Bahraini Institute for Rights and Democracy (BIRD) has written to the vice-chancellor the university</a> to outline allegations of torture between 2016 and 2019, and called on the university to immediately suspend the course. Torture allegations include electric shocks being applied to prisoners genitals, beatings, sleep deprivation, and threats of sexual assault against family members. At least one of the prisoners who alleged torture practises has been executed. One prisoner - Abbas Abd Ali Mohammed – alleges he was arrested and tortured at the site just days after his brother, who is based in the UK, filed a complaint against the Bahrain Embassy in London after he was assaulted by staff.</p> <p>The local Quakers have also begun to hold regular vigils at the university to raise awareness, using testimony from prisoners held at the Royal Academy on placards.</p> <p>A statement released by the university in 2018<a href="https://www.hud.ac.uk/news/2018/april/newmscsecurityscienceforbahrainsroyalacademyofpolicing/"> announced that ten lecturers from the multi-disciplinary Secure Societies Institute</a> will “train Bahraini police officers in the latest crime scene investigation techniques”, as well as cyber-crime, investigative psychology and criminology. At the time there were 26 officers enrolled in the programme. In response to the complaints by BIRD, a spokesperson for the university <a href="https://www.examinerlive.co.uk/news/west-yorkshire-news/human-rights-group-slams-huddersfield-17357138">defended their involvement in the Academy</a>, stating that “We would not uphold our values and human rights by turning our back on this issue. We achieve far more by stepping up, engaging with these countries and working with them to encourage and support their plans for reform”, and that the university’s work is in line with the British governments mission “to help Bahrain return to a stable and reformist state with a good human rights record, while protecting our significant defence and security interests and enhancing our bilateral relationships”.</p> </div> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/field/field.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * field--field-programmes-projects--rss.html.twig * field--expert--node--field-programmes-projects--story.html.twig * field--expert--node--story.html.twig * field--expert--node--field-programmes-projects.html.twig * field--expert--field-programmes-projects--story.html.twig * field--expert--story.html.twig * field--expert--field-programmes-projects.html.twig * field--expert.html.twig * 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field--expert--story.html.twig * field--expert--field-countries.html.twig * field--expert.html.twig * field--ds-field-expert.html.twig * field--node--field-countries--story.html.twig * field--node--field-countries.html.twig * field--node--story.html.twig * field--field-countries.html.twig * field--entity-reference.html.twig * field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'modules/contrib/ds/templates/ds-field-expert.html.twig' --> <div class="field--label tags--label field-label-above">Countries</div> <div class="wri-main--tags"> <span class="rel-tag" > <a href="/en/taxonomy/term/92" hreflang="en">United Kingdom</a></span> <span class="rel-tag" > <a href="/en/taxonomy/term/171" hreflang="en">Bahrain</a></span> </div> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'modules/contrib/ds/templates/ds-field-expert.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * field--field-theme--rss.html.twig * field--expert--node--field-theme--story.html.twig * field--expert--node--story.html.twig * field--expert--node--field-theme.html.twig * field--expert--field-theme--story.html.twig * field--expert--story.html.twig * field--expert--field-theme.html.twig * field--expert.html.twig * field--ds-field-expert.html.twig * field--node--field-theme--story.html.twig * field--node--field-theme.html.twig * field--node--story.html.twig * field--field-theme.html.twig * field--entity-reference.html.twig * field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'modules/contrib/ds/templates/ds-field-expert.html.twig' --> <div class="field--label tags--label field-label-above">Theme</div> <div class="wri-main--tags"> <span class="rel-tag" > <a href="/en/taxonomy/term/507" hreflang="en">Police militarisation</a></span> </div> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'modules/contrib/ds/templates/ds-field-expert.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * field--field-police-militarisation-them--rss.html.twig * 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<span class="rel-tag" > <a href="/en/pm-themes/who-profits" hreflang="en">Who profits?</a></span> </div> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'modules/contrib/ds/templates/ds-field-expert.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'links__node' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * links--node.html.twig x links.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/system/links.html.twig' --> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/system/links.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * field--comment--rss.html.twig * field--default--node--comment--story.html.twig * field--default--node--story.html.twig * field--default--node--comment.html.twig * field--default--comment--story.html.twig * field--default--story.html.twig * field--default--comment.html.twig * field--default.html.twig * field--theme-ds-field-default.html.twig x field--node--comment--story.html.twig * field--node--comment.html.twig * field--node--story.html.twig * field--comment.html.twig * field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/custom/wri_main/templates/field/field--node--comment--story.html.twig' --> <section class="comments"> <h2>Add new comment</h2> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderForm" arguments="0=node&amp;1=42052&amp;2=comment&amp;3=comment" token="wGiaTUICI0gDSk86jOyKHtXD4aD_BMLaHtZjzzLjkPU"></drupal-render-placeholder> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'comment__comment__story' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * comment--comment--story.html.twig * comment--comment.html.twig x comment.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/custom/wri_main/templates/comment/comment.html.twig' --> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-43832" about="/en/comment/43832" typeof="schema:Comment" class="js-comment" data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-43832" about="/en/comment/43832" typeof="schema:Comment" class="js-comment comments"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1585665136"></mark> <div> <h3 property="schema:name" datatype=""><a href="/en/comment/43832#comment-43832" class="permalink" rel="bookmark" hreflang="en">Huddersfield University and Bahrain</a></h3> <footer> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'user' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * user--compact.html.twig x user.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'core/modules/user/templates/user.html.twig' --> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> </article> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'core/modules/user/templates/user.html.twig' --> <p> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'rdf_wrapper' --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'core/modules/rdf/templates/rdf-wrapper.html.twig' --> <span rel="schema:author">Submitted by <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'username' --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'core/modules/user/templates/username.html.twig' --> <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">Heather Bacon (not verified)</span> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'core/modules/user/templates/username.html.twig' --> on Wed, 11 Mar 2020 - 20:26</span> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'core/modules/rdf/templates/rdf-wrapper.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'rdf_metadata' --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'core/modules/rdf/templates/rdf-metadata.html.twig' --> <span property="schema:dateCreated" content="2020-03-11T20:26:35+00:00" class="hidden"></span> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'core/modules/rdf/templates/rdf-metadata.html.twig' --> </p> <a href="/en/comment/43832#comment-43832" hreflang="en">Permalink</a> </footer> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * field--comment-body--default.html.twig * field--comment--comment-body--comment.html.twig * field--comment--comment-body.html.twig * field--comment--comment.html.twig * field--comment-body.html.twig * field--text-long.html.twig x field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/field/field.html.twig' --> <div property="schema:text" class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>I am the third pair of Quaker legs from the left here. If the university &#039;is not turning its back on the issue&#039;, we would ask why they will not enter a dialogue with us, why there are no due diligence investigations into the course, and why there have been allegations of torture since the course began, and why these continue.<br /> Thanks for helping to raise awareness</p> </div> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/field/field.html.twig' --> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=43832&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="lx-hQfSQVHmDmkjoxjJUUAiLhhF0TPe5_lUAC8dSEoA"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> </article> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/custom/wri_main/templates/comment/comment.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'comment__comment__story' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * comment--comment--story.html.twig * comment--comment.html.twig x comment.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/custom/wri_main/templates/comment/comment.html.twig' --> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-43908" about="/en/comment/43908" typeof="schema:Comment" class="js-comment" data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-43908" about="/en/comment/43908" typeof="schema:Comment" class="js-comment comments"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1585665145"></mark> <div> <h3 property="schema:name" datatype=""><a href="/en/comment/43908#comment-43908" class="permalink" rel="bookmark" hreflang="en">Stop training killers now</a></h3> <footer> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'user' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * user--compact.html.twig x user.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'core/modules/user/templates/user.html.twig' --> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> </article> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'core/modules/user/templates/user.html.twig' --> <p> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'rdf_wrapper' --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'core/modules/rdf/templates/rdf-wrapper.html.twig' --> <span rel="schema:author">Submitted by <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'username' --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'core/modules/user/templates/username.html.twig' --> <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">Caron Passmore (not verified)</span> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'core/modules/user/templates/username.html.twig' --> on Wed, 25 Mar 2020 - 20:45</span> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'core/modules/rdf/templates/rdf-wrapper.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'rdf_metadata' --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'core/modules/rdf/templates/rdf-metadata.html.twig' --> <span property="schema:dateCreated" content="2020-03-25T20:45:37+00:00" class="hidden"></span> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'core/modules/rdf/templates/rdf-metadata.html.twig' --> </p> <a href="/en/comment/43908#comment-43908" hreflang="en">Permalink</a> </footer> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * field--comment-body--default.html.twig * field--comment--comment-body--comment.html.twig * field--comment--comment-body.html.twig * field--comment--comment.html.twig * field--comment-body.html.twig * field--text-long.html.twig x field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/field/field.html.twig' --> <div property="schema:text" class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>To all of you. There is no such thing as a legal or moral murder. Stop it now.</p> </div> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/field/field.html.twig' --> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=43908&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="aREEA4kdDW-Bh-IxATsSXbvMqGUoNY8sv1iQM2k3Qxg"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> </article> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/custom/wri_main/templates/comment/comment.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'pager' --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/system/pager.html.twig' --> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/system/pager.html.twig' --> </section> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/custom/wri_main/templates/field/field--node--comment--story.html.twig' --> </div> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'modules/contrib/ds/templates/ds-1col.html.twig' --> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'modules/contrib/ds/templates/ds-entity-view.html.twig' --> Mon, 09 Mar 2020 12:38:03 +0000 Andrew 42052 at https://wri-irg.org https://wri-irg.org/en/story/2020/uk-university-huddersfield-criticised-involvement-bahrain-torture-hub#comments War profiteer of the month: The Safariland Group https://wri-irg.org/en/story/2019/war-profiteer-month-safariland-group <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'ds_entity_view' --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'modules/contrib/ds/templates/ds-entity-view.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'ds_1col' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * ds-1col--node--41672.html.twig * ds-1col--node-story-rss.html.twig * ds-1col--node-story.html.twig * ds-1col--node-rss.html.twig * ds-1col--node.html.twig x ds-1col.html.twig x ds-1col.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'modules/contrib/ds/templates/ds-1col.html.twig' --> <div data-history-node-id="41672" class="node node--type-story node--view-mode-rss ds-1col clearfix"> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * field--field-image--rss.html.twig * field--expert--node--field-image--story.html.twig 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srcset="/sites/default/files/public_files/styles/single_page_desktop/public/2019-01/tear_gas_ferguson.jpg?itok=HJYmHZFA 1x" media="screen and (min-width: 992px)" type="image/jpeg"/> <source srcset="/sites/default/files/public_files/styles/single_page_mobiles_and_tablets/public/2019-01/tear_gas_ferguson.jpg?itok=TanWZHfG 1x" type="image/jpeg"/> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'image' --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/system/image.html.twig' --> <img src="/sites/default/files/public_files/styles/single_page_mobiles_and_tablets/public/2019-01/tear_gas_ferguson.jpg?itok=TanWZHfG" alt="A man stands still with his arm raised amid a cloud of tear gas at night" title="A protester in Ferguson, USA, amid a cloud of tear gas" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/system/image.html.twig' --> </picture> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'core/modules/responsive_image/templates/responsive-image.html.twig' --> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'core/modules/responsive_image/templates/responsive-image-formatter.html.twig' --> <div class="caption">A protester in Ferguson, USA, amid a cloud of tear gas</div> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'modules/contrib/ds/templates/ds-field-expert.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * field--node-post-date---custom.html.twig * field--expert--node--node-post-date--story.html.twig * field--expert--node--story.html.twig * field--expert--node--node-post-date.html.twig * field--expert--node-post-date--story.html.twig * field--expert--story.html.twig * field--expert--node-post-date.html.twig * field--expert.html.twig * field--ds-field-expert.html.twig * field--node--node-post-date--story.html.twig * field--node--node-post-date.html.twig * field--node--story.html.twig * field--node-post-date.html.twig * field--ds.html.twig * field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'modules/contrib/ds/templates/ds-field-expert.html.twig' --> <time > 03 Jan 2019</time> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'modules/contrib/ds/templates/ds-field-expert.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * field--body--rss.html.twig * field--default--node--body--story.html.twig * field--default--node--story.html.twig * field--default--node--body.html.twig * field--default--body--story.html.twig * field--default--story.html.twig * field--default--body.html.twig * field--default.html.twig * field--theme-ds-field-default.html.twig * field--node--body--story.html.twig * field--node--body.html.twig * field--node--story.html.twig * field--body.html.twig * field--text-with-summary.html.twig x field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/field/field.html.twig' --> <div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field--item"><p> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'entity_embed_container' --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'modules/contrib/entity_embed/templates/entity-embed-container.html.twig' --> </p><div alt="The Safariland Group logo" data-embed-button="image_embed" data-entity-embed-display="image:responsive_image" data-entity-embed-display-settings="{&quot;responsive_image_style&quot;:&quot;body_inline_half&quot;,&quot;image_link&quot;:&quot;&quot;}" data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="b08324d7-c293-4089-bd57-91f3f8d01f74" class="align-right embedded-entity" data-langcode="en"> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'responsive_image_formatter' --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'core/modules/responsive_image/templates/responsive-image-formatter.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'responsive_image' --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'core/modules/responsive_image/templates/responsive-image.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'image' --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/system/image.html.twig' --> <img srcset="/sites/default/files/public_files/styles/large/public/safariland_group.png?itok=s4p4gQUD 1x" src="/sites/default/files/public_files/styles/large/public/safariland_group.png?itok=s4p4gQUD" alt="The Safariland Group logo" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /><!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/system/image.html.twig' --><!-- END OUTPUT from 'core/modules/responsive_image/templates/responsive-image.html.twig' --><!-- END OUTPUT from 'core/modules/responsive_image/templates/responsive-image-formatter.html.twig' --></div> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'modules/contrib/entity_embed/templates/entity-embed-container.html.twig' --> <p>Safariland is an American company, founded in California in 1964, specialising in a wide range of products and services for police and security forces. Safariland is made up of a number of different companies and brands, and has estimated revenues of $500 million. In 1969, the company formed American Body Armor, and went on to form a range of other brands. Safariland was acquired by a company called Armor Holdings, which was in turn bought by BAE Systems, the UK’s largest arms company, in 2007. BAE Systems sold Safariland in 2012 for $124 million. More recently Safariland has since acquired a number of other companies, including Mustang Survival (a producer of a range of survival and water equipment), Med-Eng (which builds “battle-proven equipment to defeat explosive and heat related threats”, and Tactical Command Industries Inc. (offering a wide range of communication equipment like ear pieces, microphones).</p> <p>Through these various brands, Safariland offers a range of services and products for police and security forces around the world, including:</p> <ul><li>militarised police training and simulation</li> <li>crowd control weapons</li> <li>tear gas and other chemical weapons</li> <li>impact munitions (such as baton, foam, rubber, wooden and bean bag rounds)</li> <li>launchers and various accessories</li> <li>handcuffs and other restraints</li> <li>holsters, slings and bags</li> <li>bomb protection suits</li> <li>body armour</li> </ul><p>Products sold by the various Safariland Group brands have been documented in a large number of countries, many with dubious human rights records and a history of militarised crowd control techniques or responses to protest. These include:</p> <ul><li>Mexico</li> <li>Turkey</li> <li>Venezuela</li> <li>Israel</li> <li>Bahrain</li> <li>USA</li> </ul><p>Most recently, activists collected evidence of chemical weapons such as tear gas being used against the “migrant caravan”, whose members travelled across Central America to the USA/Mexico border to seek asylum in the last months of 2018. Border officers fired tear gas at the migrants as they approached the border – the tear gas used was produced by Defence Technology, a subsidiary of Safariland.</p> <p>In 2015 a protester involved in the Standing Rock protests sued Defence Technology, claiming that one of the companies flash bangs almost severed her left hand. The companies munitions were also used in response to the protest <a href="https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/ferguson-tear-gas_n_5679931?ec_carp=2221363998326191938">in Ferguson in 2014</a> and against Occupy Oakland activists. In February 2018, students at Brown University protested the boards decision to allow Safariland's CEO - Warren Kander - to sit on the advisor council of Institute at Brown for Environment and Society. <a href="https://www.forbes.com/sites/denizcam/2018/12/06/meet-the-safariland-multimillionaire-getting-rich-off-tear-gas-and-more-in-the-defense-industry/#398548c17b0a">The students wrote</a> "From Egypt to the occupied Palestinian territories, Ferguson to Standing Rock, the weapons sold and promoted by The Safariland Group have been used to suppress protests, maim or kill activists and intimidate social movements.... [Kanders] should not have an advisory role or any other role at Brown.”</p> <p>The Safariland Group exhibited at a number of other arms fairs around the world, including DSEI (UK), Security and Policing (UK), Eurosatory (France), MiliPol (France), Urban Shield (USA), and Land Forces 2018 (Australia).</p> <h1>Safariland Academy</h1> <p>The Safariland Training Academy offers regular workshops and training directed towards police, military and security personnel. An extensive video on the companies website illustrates a wide range of training opportunities, often displaying militarised equipment and techniques, including sniper rifles, chemical weapons, forced entry techniques, and heavily armed personnel. One segment explores “world wide, universal ways of controlling and hand cuffing people… we have people from Switzerland, Indonesia, Malaysia… east-coast to the west-coast of the United States”. The company offers “instructor level” courses, which allow participants to train members of their own organisations.</p> </div> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/field/field.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * field--field-programmes-projects--rss.html.twig * field--expert--node--field-programmes-projects--story.html.twig * field--expert--node--story.html.twig * field--expert--node--field-programmes-projects.html.twig * field--expert--field-programmes-projects--story.html.twig * field--expert--story.html.twig * field--expert--field-programmes-projects.html.twig * field--expert.html.twig * field--ds-field-expert.html.twig * field--node--field-programmes-projects--story.html.twig * field--node--field-programmes-projects.html.twig * field--node--story.html.twig * field--field-programmes-projects.html.twig * field--entity-reference.html.twig * field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 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field--expert--node--field-police-militarisation-them--story.html.twig * field--expert--node--story.html.twig * field--expert--node--field-police-militarisation-them.html.twig * field--expert--field-police-militarisation-them--story.html.twig * field--expert--story.html.twig * field--expert--field-police-militarisation-them.html.twig * field--expert.html.twig * field--ds-field-expert.html.twig * field--node--field-police-militarisation-them--story.html.twig * field--node--field-police-militarisation-them.html.twig * field--node--story.html.twig * field--field-police-militarisation-them.html.twig * field--entity-reference.html.twig * field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'modules/contrib/ds/templates/ds-field-expert.html.twig' --> <div class="field--label tags--label field-label-above">Police militarisation theme</div> <div class="wri-main--tags"> <span class="rel-tag" > <a href="/en/pm-themes/equipment-training-and-tactics" hreflang="en">Equipment, training and tactics</a></span> <span class="rel-tag" > <a href="/en/pm-themes/repression-protest" hreflang="en">Repression of protest</a></span> </div> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'modules/contrib/ds/templates/ds-field-expert.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'links__node' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * links--node.html.twig x links.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/system/links.html.twig' --> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/system/links.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * field--comment--rss.html.twig * field--default--node--comment--story.html.twig * field--default--node--story.html.twig * field--default--node--comment.html.twig * field--default--comment--story.html.twig * field--default--story.html.twig * field--default--comment.html.twig * field--default.html.twig * field--theme-ds-field-default.html.twig x field--node--comment--story.html.twig * field--node--comment.html.twig * field--node--story.html.twig * field--comment.html.twig * field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/custom/wri_main/templates/field/field--node--comment--story.html.twig' --> <section class="comments"> <h2>Add new comment</h2> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderForm" arguments="0=node&amp;1=41672&amp;2=comment&amp;3=comment" token="xY-mHIS0dwtD7G0DGMrcKy7MBXgHhBoffamkpA8glcU"></drupal-render-placeholder> </section> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/custom/wri_main/templates/field/field--node--comment--story.html.twig' --> </div> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'modules/contrib/ds/templates/ds-1col.html.twig' --> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'modules/contrib/ds/templates/ds-entity-view.html.twig' --> Thu, 03 Jan 2019 13:35:49 +0000 Andrew 41672 at https://wri-irg.org https://wri-irg.org/en/story/2019/war-profiteer-month-safariland-group#comments War profiteer of the month: Rheinmetall https://wri-irg.org/en/story/2018/war-profiteer-month-rheinmetall <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'ds_entity_view' --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'modules/contrib/ds/templates/ds-entity-view.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'ds_1col' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * ds-1col--node--41583.html.twig * ds-1col--node-story-rss.html.twig * ds-1col--node-story.html.twig * ds-1col--node-rss.html.twig * ds-1col--node.html.twig x ds-1col.html.twig x ds-1col.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'modules/contrib/ds/templates/ds-1col.html.twig' --> <div data-history-node-id="41583" class="node node--type-story node--view-mode-rss ds-1col clearfix"> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * field--field-image--rss.html.twig * field--expert--node--field-image--story.html.twig * field--expert--node--story.html.twig * field--expert--node--field-image.html.twig * field--expert--field-image--story.html.twig * field--expert--story.html.twig * field--expert--field-image.html.twig * field--expert.html.twig * field--ds-field-expert.html.twig * field--node--field-image--story.html.twig * field--node--field-image.html.twig * field--node--story.html.twig * field--field-image.html.twig * field--image.html.twig * field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'modules/contrib/ds/templates/ds-field-expert.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'responsive_image_formatter' --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'core/modules/responsive_image/templates/responsive-image-formatter.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'responsive_image' --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'core/modules/responsive_image/templates/responsive-image.html.twig' --> <picture> <source srcset="/sites/default/files/public_files/styles/single_page_desktop/public/2018-09/rheinmetall_action.png?itok=MNeNCwcS 1x" media="screen and (min-width: 992px)" type="image/png"/> <source srcset="/sites/default/files/public_files/styles/single_page_mobiles_and_tablets/public/2018-09/rheinmetall_action.png?itok=vmlOJ057 1x" type="image/png"/> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'image' --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/system/image.html.twig' --> <img src="/sites/default/files/public_files/styles/single_page_mobiles_and_tablets/public/2018-09/rheinmetall_action.png?itok=vmlOJ057" alt="An orange banner at the top reads &quot;War Starts Here&quot;. Another banner lies on the floor. Between them is a line of people sat with their backs to the camera, blocking a road." title="Activists take part in a blockade at a Rheinmetall factory. Source: Twitter" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/system/image.html.twig' --> </picture> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'core/modules/responsive_image/templates/responsive-image.html.twig' --> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'core/modules/responsive_image/templates/responsive-image-formatter.html.twig' --> <div class="caption">Activists take part in a blockade at a Rheinmetall factory. Source: Twitter</div> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'modules/contrib/ds/templates/ds-field-expert.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * field--node-post-date---custom.html.twig * field--expert--node--node-post-date--story.html.twig * field--expert--node--story.html.twig * field--expert--node--node-post-date.html.twig * field--expert--node-post-date--story.html.twig * field--expert--story.html.twig * field--expert--node-post-date.html.twig * field--expert.html.twig * field--ds-field-expert.html.twig * field--node--node-post-date--story.html.twig * field--node--node-post-date.html.twig * field--node--story.html.twig * field--node-post-date.html.twig * field--ds.html.twig * field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'modules/contrib/ds/templates/ds-field-expert.html.twig' --> <time > 05 Sep 2018</time> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'modules/contrib/ds/templates/ds-field-expert.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * field--body--rss.html.twig * field--default--node--body--story.html.twig * field--default--node--story.html.twig * field--default--node--body.html.twig * field--default--body--story.html.twig * field--default--story.html.twig * field--default--body.html.twig * field--default.html.twig * field--theme-ds-field-default.html.twig * field--node--body--story.html.twig * field--node--body.html.twig * field--node--story.html.twig * field--body.html.twig * field--text-with-summary.html.twig x field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/field/field.html.twig' --> <div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field--item"><p> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'entity_embed_container' --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'modules/contrib/entity_embed/templates/entity-embed-container.html.twig' --> </p><div alt="The &quot;Rheinmetall Group&quot; logo" data-embed-button="image_embed" data-entity-embed-display="image:responsive_image" data-entity-embed-display-settings="{&quot;responsive_image_style&quot;:&quot;body_inline_1_3&quot;,&quot;image_link&quot;:&quot;&quot;}" data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="802fde51-0fb1-442d-b5e5-9e00035db5d0" class="align-right embedded-entity" data-langcode="en"> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'responsive_image_formatter' --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'core/modules/responsive_image/templates/responsive-image-formatter.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'responsive_image' --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'core/modules/responsive_image/templates/responsive-image.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'image' --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/system/image.html.twig' --> <img srcset="/sites/default/files/public_files/styles/max_325x325/public/rheinmetall_logo.png?itok=EbxCp-Bg 1x" src="/sites/default/files/public_files/styles/medium/public/rheinmetall_logo.png?itok=oMxZlUbv" alt="The &quot;Rheinmetall Group&quot; logo" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /><!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/system/image.html.twig' --><!-- END OUTPUT from 'core/modules/responsive_image/templates/responsive-image.html.twig' --><!-- END OUTPUT from 'core/modules/responsive_image/templates/responsive-image-formatter.html.twig' --></div> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'modules/contrib/entity_embed/templates/entity-embed-container.html.twig' --> <p class="western">Rheinmetall is a German defence and automotive company founded in 1889, and is Germany's biggest arms manufacturer. In the 2017 fiscal year, Rheinmetall's defence sales were €3.036 billion (the automotive segment were €2.861 billion), and the company employs a total of 23,726 people. Rheinmetall is headquartered in Dusseldorf, and builds a range of different weapons, including vehicles, autocannons (a rapid-firing, automatic weapon firing armour piecing explosive shells), anti-tank systems, artillery, mortars, and ammunition. In 2016, the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI), listed Rheinmetall as the world's 26<sup>th</sup> biggest arms company, rising from 30<sup>th</sup> in 2015.</p> <p class="western">Rheinmetall is made up of a large number of<a href="https://www.rheinmetall-defence.com/en/rheinmetall_defence/company/divisions_and_subsidiaries/index.php"> subsidiary companies</a> around the world, including South Africa, Singapore, Canada, Italy, Norway, Switzerland, the United States of America, the Netherlands, and Australia.</p> <p class="western">Rheinmetall have sold to countries all over the world, and the companies website regularly boasts of international orders of weapons. Since September 2017, the company has announced:</p> <ul><li> <p class="western">an order from an “Asian customer” for a Skyshield air defence system worth over €100 million,</p> </li> <li> <p class="western">Australian ordering 211 “Boxcar” armoured vehicles worth €2.1 billion, and 1000 logistical trucks,</p> </li> <li> <p class="western">a €12 million order from Canada to extend the navies MASS countermeasure systems,</p> </li> <li> <p class="western">an order from an “international customer” for €380 million worth of artillery and tank ammunition,</p> </li> <li> <p class="western">winning an EU contract for preliminary studies for the “Generic Open Soldier Systems Reference Architecture”, or GOSSRA, system,</p> </li> <li> <p class="western">two artillery orders worth €5.8 million from the US military and navy.</p> </li> <li> <p class="western">A contract to upgrade 104 Leopard tanks for the German military.</p> </li> </ul><h1 class="western">Arms to Turkey</h1> <p class="western">The company supplied some of the Leopard tanks used in Turkey's offensive in Afrin in mid-2018, with footage apparently showing them being used against Kurdish forces. At the time the company was due to upgrade the armour on Turkey's tanks, making them less vulnerable to rockets and booby traps. Some German politicians said the Turkish incursion was illegal, and demanded the upgrade be halted.</p> <h1 class="western">Tear gas</h1> <p class="western">Rheinmetall owns 51% of the South African arms company Denel. Bahraini activists collected evidence that Denel's tear gas weapons were used by the Bahraini government in violent responses to pro-democracy protesters in 2014. The company denied ever offering or supplying Bahrain with teargas, but a follow-up request from journalists as to whether there were ever exports to Saudi Arabia or the United Arab Emirates – countries that provided military support to crush pro-democracy protests – <a href="https://www.dw.com/en/bahrains-government-addicted-to-teargas/a-17387205">received no response</a>.</p> <h1 class="western">Resistance</h1> <p class="western">The company has faced repeated protests and campaigns.</p> <ul><li> <p class="western">At the companies 2017 annual general meeting, activists parked a (decommissioned) Leopard tank outside the hotel, in protest at the companies plans to build a tank factory in Turkey.</p> </li> <li> <p class="western">In September 2017, German artists <a href="https://hyperallergic.com/401386/german-artists-protest-arms-manufacturer-deutschland-8/">wrote an open letter</a> objecting to Rheinmetall sponsoring an exhibition of German contemporary art in Beijing.</p> </li> <li> <p class="western">In May 2018, a large protest was held at the companies AGM, in solidarity with the people of Afrin and demanding the company stops arming the Turkish government,</p> </li> <li> <p class="western">In September 2018, a peace camp culminated in a blockade and street protest outside the companies factory in Unterluss. Read our article on the protest <a href="/en/node/41584">here</a>.</p> </li> </ul></div> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/field/field.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * field--field-programmes-projects--rss.html.twig * field--expert--node--field-programmes-projects--story.html.twig * field--expert--node--story.html.twig * field--expert--node--field-programmes-projects.html.twig * field--expert--field-programmes-projects--story.html.twig * field--expert--story.html.twig * field--expert--field-programmes-projects.html.twig * field--expert.html.twig * field--ds-field-expert.html.twig * field--node--field-programmes-projects--story.html.twig * field--node--field-programmes-projects.html.twig * field--node--story.html.twig * field--field-programmes-projects.html.twig * field--entity-reference.html.twig * field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'modules/contrib/ds/templates/ds-field-expert.html.twig' --> <div class="field--label tags--label field-label-above">Programmes &amp; Projects</div> <div class="wri-main--tags"> <span class="rel-tag" > <a href="/en/programmes/war-profiteer-companies" hreflang="en">War profiteer companies</a></span> </div> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'modules/contrib/ds/templates/ds-field-expert.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * field--field-countries--rss.html.twig * field--expert--node--field-countries--story.html.twig * field--expert--node--story.html.twig * field--expert--node--field-countries.html.twig * field--expert--field-countries--story.html.twig * field--expert--story.html.twig * field--expert--field-countries.html.twig * field--expert.html.twig * field--ds-field-expert.html.twig * field--node--field-countries--story.html.twig * field--node--field-countries.html.twig * field--node--story.html.twig * field--field-countries.html.twig * field--entity-reference.html.twig * field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'modules/contrib/ds/templates/ds-field-expert.html.twig' --> <div class="field--label tags--label field-label-above">Countries</div> <div class="wri-main--tags"> <span class="rel-tag" > <a href="/en/taxonomy/term/101" hreflang="en">Germany</a></span> <span class="rel-tag" > <a href="/en/taxonomy/term/256" hreflang="en">Turkey</a></span> <span class="rel-tag" > <a href="/en/taxonomy/term/171" hreflang="en">Bahrain</a></span> </div> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'modules/contrib/ds/templates/ds-field-expert.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * field--field-theme--rss.html.twig * field--expert--node--field-theme--story.html.twig * field--expert--node--story.html.twig * field--expert--node--field-theme.html.twig * field--expert--field-theme--story.html.twig * field--expert--story.html.twig * field--expert--field-theme.html.twig * field--expert.html.twig * field--ds-field-expert.html.twig * field--node--field-theme--story.html.twig * field--node--field-theme.html.twig * field--node--story.html.twig * field--field-theme.html.twig * field--entity-reference.html.twig * field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'modules/contrib/ds/templates/ds-field-expert.html.twig' --> <div class="field--label tags--label field-label-above">Theme</div> <div class="wri-main--tags"> <span class="rel-tag" > <a href="/en/taxonomy/term/507" hreflang="en">Police militarisation</a></span> </div> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'modules/contrib/ds/templates/ds-field-expert.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * field--field-police-militarisation-them--rss.html.twig * field--expert--node--field-police-militarisation-them--story.html.twig * field--expert--node--story.html.twig * field--expert--node--field-police-militarisation-them.html.twig * field--expert--field-police-militarisation-them--story.html.twig * field--expert--story.html.twig * field--expert--field-police-militarisation-them.html.twig * field--expert.html.twig * field--ds-field-expert.html.twig * field--node--field-police-militarisation-them--story.html.twig * field--node--field-police-militarisation-them.html.twig * field--node--story.html.twig * field--field-police-militarisation-them.html.twig * field--entity-reference.html.twig * field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'modules/contrib/ds/templates/ds-field-expert.html.twig' --> <div class="field--label tags--label field-label-above">Police militarisation theme</div> <div class="wri-main--tags"> <span class="rel-tag" > <a href="/en/pm-themes/equipment-training-and-tactics" hreflang="en">Equipment, training and tactics</a></span> </div> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'modules/contrib/ds/templates/ds-field-expert.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * field--field-companies--rss.html.twig * field--expert--node--field-companies--story.html.twig * field--expert--node--story.html.twig * field--expert--node--field-companies.html.twig * field--expert--field-companies--story.html.twig * field--expert--story.html.twig * field--expert--field-companies.html.twig * field--expert.html.twig * field--ds-field-expert.html.twig * field--node--field-companies--story.html.twig * field--node--field-companies.html.twig * field--node--story.html.twig * field--field-companies.html.twig * field--entity-reference.html.twig * field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'modules/contrib/ds/templates/ds-field-expert.html.twig' --> <div class="field--label tags--label field-label-above">Companies</div> <div class="wri-main--tags"> <span class="rel-tag" > <a href="/en/taxonomy/term/503" hreflang="en">Rheinmetall Denel</a></span> <span class="rel-tag" > <a href="/en/taxonomy/term/684" hreflang="en">Rheinmetall</a></span> </div> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'modules/contrib/ds/templates/ds-field-expert.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'links__node' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * links--node.html.twig x links.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/system/links.html.twig' --> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/system/links.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * field--comment--rss.html.twig * field--default--node--comment--story.html.twig * field--default--node--story.html.twig * field--default--node--comment.html.twig * field--default--comment--story.html.twig * field--default--story.html.twig * field--default--comment.html.twig * field--default.html.twig * field--theme-ds-field-default.html.twig x field--node--comment--story.html.twig * field--node--comment.html.twig * field--node--story.html.twig * field--comment.html.twig * field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/custom/wri_main/templates/field/field--node--comment--story.html.twig' --> <section class="comments"> <h2>Add new comment</h2> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderForm" arguments="0=node&amp;1=41583&amp;2=comment&amp;3=comment" token="F3cVhHoCBWn9VGk5Y3Xnqoe28knWKGnkPqw_pbm6Cfw"></drupal-render-placeholder> </section> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/custom/wri_main/templates/field/field--node--comment--story.html.twig' --> </div> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'modules/contrib/ds/templates/ds-1col.html.twig' --> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'modules/contrib/ds/templates/ds-entity-view.html.twig' --> Wed, 05 Sep 2018 10:41:33 +0000 Andrew 41583 at https://wri-irg.org https://wri-irg.org/en/story/2018/war-profiteer-month-rheinmetall#comments Bahrain: “Undeclared Martial Law” https://wri-irg.org/en/story/2017/bahrain-undeclared-martial-law <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'ds_entity_view' --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'modules/contrib/ds/templates/ds-entity-view.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'ds_1col' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * ds-1col--node--40883.html.twig * ds-1col--node-story-rss.html.twig * ds-1col--node-story.html.twig * ds-1col--node-rss.html.twig * ds-1col--node.html.twig x ds-1col.html.twig x ds-1col.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'modules/contrib/ds/templates/ds-1col.html.twig' --> <div data-history-node-id="40883" class="node node--type-story node--view-mode-rss ds-1col clearfix"> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * field--field-image--rss.html.twig * field--expert--node--field-image--story.html.twig * field--expert--node--story.html.twig * field--expert--node--field-image.html.twig * field--expert--field-image--story.html.twig * field--expert--story.html.twig * field--expert--field-image.html.twig * field--expert.html.twig * field--ds-field-expert.html.twig * field--node--field-image--story.html.twig * field--node--field-image.html.twig * field--node--story.html.twig * field--field-image.html.twig * field--image.html.twig * field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'modules/contrib/ds/templates/ds-field-expert.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'responsive_image_formatter' --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'core/modules/responsive_image/templates/responsive-image-formatter.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'responsive_image' --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'core/modules/responsive_image/templates/responsive-image.html.twig' --> <picture> <source srcset="/sites/default/files/public_files/styles/single_page_desktop/public/2017-09/bahrain_police_training.jpg?itok=HAEn8QTh 1x" media="screen and (min-width: 992px)" type="image/jpeg"/> <source srcset="/sites/default/files/public_files/styles/single_page_mobiles_and_tablets/public/2017-09/bahrain_police_training.jpg?itok=Dyl3r0mg 1x" type="image/jpeg"/> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'image' --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/system/image.html.twig' --> <img src="/sites/default/files/public_files/styles/single_page_mobiles_and_tablets/public/2017-09/bahrain_police_training.jpg?itok=Dyl3r0mg" alt="A training exercise involving Bahraini and US police. A man being &quot;arrested&quot; is held to the floor while others point guns down a corridor. There is a photographer in the background." title="A training exercise involving Bahraini and US police. Source: flickr" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/system/image.html.twig' --> </picture> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'core/modules/responsive_image/templates/responsive-image.html.twig' --> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'core/modules/responsive_image/templates/responsive-image-formatter.html.twig' --> <div class="caption">A training exercise involving Bahraini and US police. Source: flickr</div> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'modules/contrib/ds/templates/ds-field-expert.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * field--node-post-date---custom.html.twig * field--expert--node--node-post-date--story.html.twig * field--expert--node--story.html.twig * field--expert--node--node-post-date.html.twig * field--expert--node-post-date--story.html.twig * field--expert--story.html.twig * field--expert--node-post-date.html.twig * field--expert.html.twig * field--ds-field-expert.html.twig * field--node--node-post-date--story.html.twig * field--node--node-post-date.html.twig * field--node--story.html.twig * field--node-post-date.html.twig * field--ds.html.twig * field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'modules/contrib/ds/templates/ds-field-expert.html.twig' --> <time > 15 Sep 2017</time> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'modules/contrib/ds/templates/ds-field-expert.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * field--dynamic-twig-field:node-author-name-twig---custom.html.twig * field--default--node--dynamic-twig-field--node-author-name-twig--story.html.twig * field--default--node--story.html.twig * field--default--node--dynamic-twig-field--node-author-name-twig.html.twig * field--default--dynamic-twig-field--node-author-name-twig--story.html.twig * field--default--story.html.twig * field--default--dynamic-twig-field--node-author-name-twig.html.twig * field--default.html.twig * field--theme-ds-field-default.html.twig * field--node--dynamic-twig-field--node-author-name-twig--story.html.twig * field--node--dynamic-twig-field--node-author-name-twig.html.twig * field--node--story.html.twig * field--dynamic-twig-field--node-author-name-twig.html.twig * field--ds.html.twig x field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/field/field.html.twig' --> <div class="field field--name-dynamic-twig-fieldnode-author-name-twig field--type-ds field--label-inline"> <div class="field--label">Author(s)</div> <div class="field--item"> <span>Husain Abdulla</span> </div> </div> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/field/field.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * field--body--rss.html.twig * field--default--node--body--story.html.twig * field--default--node--story.html.twig * field--default--node--body.html.twig * field--default--body--story.html.twig * field--default--story.html.twig * field--default--body.html.twig * field--default.html.twig * field--theme-ds-field-default.html.twig * field--node--body--story.html.twig * field--node--body.html.twig * field--node--story.html.twig * field--body.html.twig * field--text-with-summary.html.twig x field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/field/field.html.twig' --> <div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field--item"><p><em>Originally published on <a href="https://www.opendemocracy.net/north-africa-west-asia/husain-abdulla/bahrain-undeclared-martial-law">OpenDemocracy.</a></em></p> <p>Six years ago, <em>New York Times</em> journalist Nicholas Kristof <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/15/opinion/kristof-getting-detained-and-gassed.html">described</a> his experience of being detained during the aftermath of Bahrain’s Arab Spring protests as a glimpse “through a haze of tear gas, [at] hints of a police state.”</p> <p>Kristof explained how even medical personnel like Dr. Ali al-Ekri – momentarily at liberty but facing lengthy imprisonment – were tortured and prosecuted for treating injured demonstrators. Noting that if it were Syria or Iran perpetrating such abuses “the White House would thunder with indignation,” Kristof implored the US condemn just as strongly the repression of allies like Bahrain.</p> <p>Unfortunately, he could’ve written those same words yesterday.</p> <p>But that’s not to say nothing’s changed. Since 2011, the “hints of a police state” have metastasized. While Dr. al-Ekri <a href="https://www.adhrb.org/2017/03/dr-ali-al-ekri-completes-sentence-released-prison/">endured five years</a> in prison, his profession – healthcare – has come under the direct control of the military. Police now run the ambulance service.</p> <p>The incessant expansion of the security apparatus – or outright militarization – has infected more and more sectors of Bahraini society. In fact, it’s now been written into the country’s constitution itself.</p> <p>On 3 April 2017, Bahrain’s king confirmed a constitutional <a href="http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2017/04/bahrain-approves-military-trials-civilians-170403112831237.html">amendment</a> that had been long in the making, already approved by both houses of the kingdom’s rubberstamp parliament: military courts can now try civilians “accused of threatening the security of the state.”</p> <p>Previously, the 2002 constitution barred military courts from hearing cases against civilians unless the king had declared martial law or a State of National Safety. This is what took place in 2011, when the government established military tribunals to expedite the conviction of protestors, human rights defenders, doctors, and politicians.</p> <p>By the end – after a masterclass in authoritarian judicial theater replete with forced testimony and boxes of unsealed, unregistered evidence – hundreds were imprisoned on charges stemming from free expression, association, and assembly.</p> <p>The kangaroo courts were so blatant in their violations of due process that the <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/husain-abdulla/clueless-of-clever-bahrai_b_4306645.html">US-hailed</a> <a href="http://www.bici.org.bh/">Bahrain Independent Commission of Inquiry (BICI)</a> urged the government to order immediate reviews by civilian judges and ultimately commute all convictions “where fundamental principles of fair trial were not respected” and “for offences involving political expression.”</p> <p>A year later, at its second-cycle <a href="http://www.ohchr.org/EN/HRBodies/UPR/Pages/BHSession13.aspx">UN Universal Periodic Review of Human Rights</a>, Bahrain accepted numerous recommendations from other states reiterating these proposals, including one from Ireland calling for the express prohibition of “civilians being tried in military courts in the future.”</p> <p>Now, rather than fulfill any one of these reform obligations, the government has chosen to take the country down a path of unprecedented regression away from democracy – making militarized autocracy part of the fabric of the state. Activists have simply <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/05/world/bahrains-parliament-approves-military-trials-for-civilians.html">described</a> the development as “undeclared martial law.”</p> <p>Yet the amendment doesn’t necessarily come as a surprise to those familiar with recent trends in the Bahraini criminal justice and security sectors.</p> <p>As noted above, the government has increasingly integrated the security apparatus into key aspects of society and even basic public services, like healthcare. In January 2017 – the same month King Hamad reportedly proposed the military court amendment – the authorities also <a href="http://www.adhrb.org/2017/01/11571/">restored</a> domestic arrest powers for the National Security Agency (NSA), Bahrain’s secret police.</p> <p>Like the amendment, this decision both expanded the role of the security forces in everyday affairs and contravened a previous reform commitment. In fact, the government’s earlier move to strip the NSA of arrest powers after its involvement in systematic torture, arbitrary detention, and extrajudicial killing in 2011 was <a href="http://www.adhrb.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/Shattering_the_Facade_Web.pdf">one of just two</a> BICI recommendations that had been fully implemented.</p> <p>Within weeks of the NSA’s re-empowerment, we were given a violent illustration of the deepening military state in Bahrain, as well as the intersection of these various outgrowths of the existing structure of surveillance and intimidation.</p> <p>Sometime on the night of 26 January 2017, security personnel – dressed in the black masks and plainclothes that were features of NSA squads in 2011 – entered the village of Diraz and took up positions near the home of Sheikh Isa Qassim, Bahrain’s most prominent Shia cleric.</p> <p>In June 2016, after the government announced it had <a href="http://www.adhrb.org/2016/11/bahraini-authorities-continue-target-sheikh-isa-qassim/">stripped</a> Sheikh Qassim of his citizenship and begun prosecuting him on charges stemming from traditional religious practices, hundreds of demonstrators launched a peaceful sit-in around his home. Bahraini security forces have since <a href="http://www.adhrb.org/2016/07/10390/">cordoned</a> off the village and restricted access for non-residents, even imposing internet shutdowns and other near-siege tactics.</p> <p>But this night, the authorities approached the tents as demonstrators were sleeping and <a href="https://www.adhrb.org/2017/03/18-year-old-mustafa-hamdan-dies-security-forces-shooting/">opened fire</a> with live ammunition. Mustafa Hamdan, 18 years old, was shot in the back of the head. A nearby paramedic attempted to provide emergency care, but the wound was too severe. Afraid to call the ambulance service, now run by the police, Hamdan was rushed to a private hospital.</p> <p>However, once there, the staff said they were under orders to withhold treatment for suspected demonstrators until authorities were present. Desperate, with Hamdan losing blood, his brother took him to Bahrain’s largest public hospital, now administered by the military. By the time he arrived – and while his brother was interrogated by security personnel – Hamdan had slipped into a coma. He died last month.</p> <p>The paramedic who treated Hamdan at the scene was arrested and reportedly remains detained.</p> <p>This is the face of Bahrain’s new military state: a teenager shot dead by secret police, denied medical care by a securitized hospital system, and his paramedic likely awaiting trial before a secret tribunal. Notably, this is also the same military that the <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/politics/articles/2017-03-29/top-general-says-human-rights-shouldn-t-hold-up-u-s-arms-sales">US</a> and <a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3884132/Britain-opens-permanent-military-base-Middle-East-40-years-New-30million-Royal-Navy-facility-launch-Bahrain-month.html">UK</a> have rewarded with new arms sales and increased cooperation.</p> <p>In the absence of strong and concerted international censure, the militarization process will only continue. One can only imagine what sector will be next – education? Commerce? Athletics?</p> <p>If this comes to pass, the next time King Hamad <a href="http://www.gettyimages.com/event/george-w-bush-in-bahrain-78870945#president-george-w-bush-shares-a-laugh-with-bahraini-king-hamad-bin-picture-id136358422">dons a military uniform</a> he’ll no longer have to pretend he’s running a ‘constitutional monarchy’ – he’ll have turned Bahrain into yet another military dictatorship.</p> </div> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/field/field.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * field--field-author-information--rss.html.twig * field--default--node--field-author-information--story.html.twig * field--default--node--story.html.twig * field--default--node--field-author-information.html.twig * field--default--field-author-information--story.html.twig * field--default--story.html.twig * field--default--field-author-information.html.twig * field--default.html.twig * 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paragraph--view-mode--bio-only"> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * field--field-bio--bio-only.html.twig * field--paragraph--field-bio--authors-and-bios.html.twig * field--paragraph--field-bio.html.twig * field--paragraph--authors-and-bios.html.twig * field--field-bio.html.twig * field--text-long.html.twig x field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/field/field.html.twig' --> <div class="field field--name-field-bio field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>Husain Abdulla, originally from Bahrain, is the founder and executive director of Americans for Democracy &amp; Human Rights in Bahrain (ADHRB). </p> </div> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/field/field.html.twig' --> </div> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/custom/wri_main/templates/paragraphs/paragraph.html.twig' --> </div> </div> </div> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/field/field.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * field--field-countries--rss.html.twig * field--expert--node--field-countries--story.html.twig * field--expert--node--story.html.twig * field--expert--node--field-countries.html.twig * field--expert--field-countries--story.html.twig * field--expert--story.html.twig * field--expert--field-countries.html.twig * field--expert.html.twig * field--ds-field-expert.html.twig * field--node--field-countries--story.html.twig * field--node--field-countries.html.twig * field--node--story.html.twig * field--field-countries.html.twig * field--entity-reference.html.twig * field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'modules/contrib/ds/templates/ds-field-expert.html.twig' --> <div class="field--label tags--label field-label-above">Countries</div> <div class="wri-main--tags"> <span class="rel-tag" > <a href="/en/taxonomy/term/171" hreflang="en">Bahrain</a></span> </div> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'modules/contrib/ds/templates/ds-field-expert.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * field--field-theme--rss.html.twig * field--expert--node--field-theme--story.html.twig * field--expert--node--story.html.twig * field--expert--node--field-theme.html.twig * field--expert--field-theme--story.html.twig * field--expert--story.html.twig * field--expert--field-theme.html.twig * field--expert.html.twig * field--ds-field-expert.html.twig * field--node--field-theme--story.html.twig * field--node--field-theme.html.twig * field--node--story.html.twig * field--field-theme.html.twig * field--entity-reference.html.twig * field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'modules/contrib/ds/templates/ds-field-expert.html.twig' --> <div class="field--label tags--label field-label-above">Theme</div> <div class="wri-main--tags"> <span class="rel-tag" > <a href="/en/taxonomy/term/507" hreflang="en">Police militarisation</a></span> </div> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'modules/contrib/ds/templates/ds-field-expert.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'links__node' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * links--node.html.twig x links.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/system/links.html.twig' --> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/system/links.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * field--comment--rss.html.twig * field--default--node--comment--story.html.twig * field--default--node--story.html.twig * field--default--node--comment.html.twig * field--default--comment--story.html.twig * field--default--story.html.twig * field--default--comment.html.twig * field--default.html.twig * field--theme-ds-field-default.html.twig x field--node--comment--story.html.twig * field--node--comment.html.twig * field--node--story.html.twig * field--comment.html.twig * field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/custom/wri_main/templates/field/field--node--comment--story.html.twig' --> <section class="comments"> <h2>Add new comment</h2> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderForm" arguments="0=node&amp;1=40883&amp;2=comment&amp;3=comment" token="yfh4PbvENZbvps5llQtbqI2nBy2FRi0Busk5jiKncek"></drupal-render-placeholder> </section> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/custom/wri_main/templates/field/field--node--comment--story.html.twig' --> </div> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'modules/contrib/ds/templates/ds-1col.html.twig' --> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'modules/contrib/ds/templates/ds-entity-view.html.twig' --> Fri, 15 Sep 2017 14:40:49 +0000 Andrew 40883 at https://wri-irg.org https://wri-irg.org/en/story/2017/bahrain-undeclared-martial-law#comments War Profiteer of the Month: NonLethal Technologies https://wri-irg.org/en/story/2017/war-profiteer-month-nonlethal-technologies <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'ds_entity_view' --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 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field--default.html.twig * field--theme-ds-field-default.html.twig * field--node--body--story.html.twig * field--node--body.html.twig * field--node--story.html.twig * field--body.html.twig * field--text-with-summary.html.twig x field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/field/field.html.twig' --> <div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field--item"><p> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'entity_embed_container' --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'modules/contrib/entity_embed/templates/entity-embed-container.html.twig' --> </p><div alt="NonLethal Technologies logo" data-embed-button="image_embed" data-entity-embed-display="image:responsive_image" data-entity-embed-display-settings="{&quot;responsive_image_style&quot;:&quot;body_inline_1_3&quot;,&quot;image_link&quot;:&quot;&quot;}" data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="f357b9c8-61f6-4a49-883e-8454c4a3e602" class="align-left embedded-entity" data-langcode="en"> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'responsive_image_formatter' --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'core/modules/responsive_image/templates/responsive-image-formatter.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'responsive_image' --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'core/modules/responsive_image/templates/responsive-image.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'image' --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/system/image.html.twig' --> <img srcset="/sites/default/files/public_files/styles/max_325x325/public/nonlethal_tech.jpg?itok=jfRB6gOF 1x" src="/sites/default/files/public_files/styles/medium/public/nonlethal_tech.jpg?itok=52zsh4s3" alt="NonLethal Technologies logo" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /><!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/system/image.html.twig' --><!-- END OUTPUT from 'core/modules/responsive_image/templates/responsive-image.html.twig' --><!-- END OUTPUT from 'core/modules/responsive_image/templates/responsive-image-formatter.html.twig' --></div> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'modules/contrib/entity_embed/templates/entity-embed-container.html.twig' --> <p class="western">NonLethal Technologies is a US-based company, building a variety of “less than lethal riot and crowd control equipment for military and law enforcement applications”<a class="sdfootnoteanc" href="#sdfootnote1sym" name="sdfootnote1anc" id="sdfootnote1anc"><sup>1</sup></a>, and also markets weapons to be used in prisons. The company produces and sells rubber pellet cartridges, “ballistic bag” beans bags, CS gas cartridges and grenades, barricade penetrators, stun grenades, colour smoke grenades, and other similar equipment, as well as handheld and vehicle launchers.</p> <p class="western">NonLethal Technologies also produces the IronFist vehicle mounted launching system, designed to fire a range of 37/38mm and 40mm CS, smoke screening, impact, or flashbang canisters. The companies online catalogue describes the IronFist as a “less lethal 38mm weapon system with up to 36 barrels in various configurations that can be vehicle mounted or hard mounted on perimeter defensive structures, to rapidly deploy a blanket of less lethal munitions into, or over, a hostile crowd.”<a class="sdfootnoteanc" href="#sdfootnote2sym" name="sdfootnote2anc" id="sdfootnote2anc"><sup>2</sup></a> Using the companies high capacity cartridges, the IronFist allows “a tactical officer can deploy up to 360 CS mini-grenades into a riotous crowd as needed from a single vehicle station…a true force multiplier.” The weapon can also be fitted to buildings or permanent structures<a class="sdfootnoteanc" href="#sdfootnote3sym" name="sdfootnote3anc" id="sdfootnote3anc"><sup>3</sup></a>. The IronFist appears to have been exhibited at DSEI in 2015<a class="sdfootnoteanc" href="#sdfootnote4sym" name="sdfootnote4anc" id="sdfootnote4anc"><sup>4</sup></a>.</p> <p class="western">NonLethal Technologies also markets the “IceBreaker Vehicle Escape System”. The IceBreaker is a tear gas launcher fitted underneath a vehicle, and designed to allow it's operator to launch tear gas into a crowd and “escape the threat”.</p> <p class="western">There is evidence of CS gas canisters produced by NonLethal Technologies being used by Bahraini security forces in crackdowns on pro-democracy activists in April 2013<a class="sdfootnoteanc" href="#sdfootnote5sym" name="sdfootnote5anc" id="sdfootnote5anc"><sup>5</sup></a>, and against Turkish activists in the Gezi Park protest.</p> <h2 class="western">Use in prisons</h2> <p class="western">NonLethal Technologies also produces a range of equipment designed for use in prisons.The TG Guard system is a remotely operated CS or OC gas dispenser “designed to move a disruptive crowd out of an affected area”. The dispensers and firing consoles are installed in prisons, embassies, and other buildings around the world and allows a single operator to “shepherd” inmates towards exits<a class="sdfootnoteanc" href="#sdfootnote7sym" name="sdfootnote7anc" id="sdfootnote7anc"><sup>7</sup></a>.</p> <h1 class="western">Notes</h1> <div id="sdfootnote1"> <p class="sdfootnote-western"><a class="sdfootnotesym" href="#sdfootnote1anc" name="sdfootnote1sym" id="sdfootnote1sym">1 </a><a href="http://www.nonlethaltechnologies.com/">http://www.nonlethaltechnologies.com/</a></p> </div> <div id="sdfootnote2"> <p class="sdfootnote-western"><a class="sdfootnotesym" href="#sdfootnote2anc" name="sdfootnote2sym" id="sdfootnote2sym">2 </a><a href="http://www.nonlethaltechnologies.com/pdf/IronFist_Product_Sheet_2016.pdf">http://www.nonlethaltechnologies.com/pdf/IronFist_Product_Sheet_2016.pdf</a></p> </div> <div id="sdfootnote3"> <p class="sdfootnote-western"><a class="sdfootnotesym" href="#sdfootnote3anc" name="sdfootnote3sym" id="sdfootnote3sym">3 </a><a href="http://remotecontrolproject.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/Tear-Gassing-By-Remote-Control-Report.pdf">http://remotecontrolproject.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/Tear-Gassing-By-Remote-Control-Report.pdf</a></p> </div> <div id="sdfootnote4"> <p class="sdfootnote-western"><a class="sdfootnotesym" href="#sdfootnote4anc" name="sdfootnote4sym" id="sdfootnote4sym">4</a><a href="http://www.armyrecognition.com/dsei_2015_news_online_show_daily_coverage_report_u/nonlethal_technologies_inc_presents_new_ironfist_less_lethal_system_launcher_41709153.html"> http://www.armyrecognition.com/dsei_2015_news_online_show_daily_coverage_report_u/nonlethal_technologies_inc_presents_new_ironfist_less_lethal_system_launcher_41709153.html</a></p> </div> <div id="sdfootnote5"> <p class="sdfootnote-western"><a class="sdfootnotesym" href="#sdfootnote5anc" name="sdfootnote5sym" id="sdfootnote5sym">5 </a><a href="https://bahrainwatch.org/blog/2014/02/24/us-and-german-tear-gas-continue-to-be-used-to-crackdown-on-protesters-on-uprising-anniversary/">https://bahrainwatch.org/blog/2014/02/24/us-and-german-tear-gas-continue-to-be-used-to-crackdown-on-protesters-on-uprising-anniversary/</a></p> </div> <div id="sdfootnote7"> <p class="sdfootnote-western"><a class="sdfootnotesym" href="#sdfootnote7anc" name="sdfootnote7sym" id="sdfootnote7sym">7 </a><a href="http://www.nonlethaltechnologies.com/pdf/DS/TG%20Guard.pdf">http://www.nonlethaltechnologies.com/pdf/DS/TG%20Guard.pdf</a></p> </div> </div> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/field/field.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * field--field-programmes-projects--rss.html.twig * field--expert--node--field-programmes-projects--story.html.twig * field--expert--node--story.html.twig * field--expert--node--field-programmes-projects.html.twig * 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field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'modules/contrib/ds/templates/ds-field-expert.html.twig' --> <div class="field--label tags--label field-label-above">Companies</div> <div class="wri-main--tags"> <span class="rel-tag" > <a href="/en/taxonomy/term/661" hreflang="en">NonLethal Technologies</a></span> </div> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'modules/contrib/ds/templates/ds-field-expert.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'links__node' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * links--node.html.twig x links.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/system/links.html.twig' --> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/system/links.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * field--comment--rss.html.twig * field--default--node--comment--story.html.twig * field--default--node--story.html.twig * field--default--node--comment.html.twig * field--default--comment--story.html.twig * field--default--story.html.twig * field--default--comment.html.twig * field--default.html.twig * field--theme-ds-field-default.html.twig x field--node--comment--story.html.twig * field--node--comment.html.twig * field--node--story.html.twig * field--comment.html.twig * field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/custom/wri_main/templates/field/field--node--comment--story.html.twig' --> <section class="comments"> <h2>Add new comment</h2> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderForm" arguments="0=node&amp;1=40890&amp;2=comment&amp;3=comment" token="TGK6JD0Xf450Jujj8O3UoD_vw1MrEimEH8gfrjQfuSM"></drupal-render-placeholder> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'comment__comment__story' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * comment--comment--story.html.twig * comment--comment.html.twig x comment.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/custom/wri_main/templates/comment/comment.html.twig' --> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-40411" about="/en/comment/40411" typeof="schema:Comment" class="js-comment" data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-40411" about="/en/comment/40411" typeof="schema:Comment" class="js-comment comments"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1517594314"></mark> <div> <h3 property="schema:name" datatype=""><a href="/en/comment/40411#comment-40411" class="permalink" rel="bookmark" hreflang="en">It&#039;s used in Honduras.</a></h3> <footer> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'user' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * user--compact.html.twig x user.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'core/modules/user/templates/user.html.twig' --> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> </article> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'core/modules/user/templates/user.html.twig' --> <p> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'rdf_wrapper' --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'core/modules/rdf/templates/rdf-wrapper.html.twig' --> <span rel="schema:author">Submitted by <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'username' --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'core/modules/user/templates/username.html.twig' --> <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">NELSON Ordóñez (not verified)</span> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'core/modules/user/templates/username.html.twig' --> on Mon, 29 Jan 2018 - 06:57</span> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'core/modules/rdf/templates/rdf-wrapper.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'rdf_metadata' --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'core/modules/rdf/templates/rdf-metadata.html.twig' --> <span property="schema:dateCreated" content="2018-01-29T06:57:44+00:00" class="hidden"></span> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'core/modules/rdf/templates/rdf-metadata.html.twig' --> </p> <a href="/en/comment/40411#comment-40411" hreflang="en">Permalink</a> </footer> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * field--comment-body--default.html.twig * field--comment--comment-body--comment.html.twig * field--comment--comment-body.html.twig * field--comment--comment.html.twig * field--comment-body.html.twig * field--text-long.html.twig x field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/field/field.html.twig' --> <div property="schema:text" class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>Apparently it&#039;s also used in Honduras to back a rigged election and a dictator, Juan Orlando Hernández. I hope you can read in spanish, read this. Can you recognize the boxes of tear gas?<a href="https://elfaro.net/es/201801/centroamerica/21412/JOH-toma-posesi%C3%B3n-entre-gases-lacrim%C3%B3genos-de-Pennsylvania.htm">https://elfaro.net/es/201801/centroamerica/21412/JOH-toma-posesi%C3%B3n…</a></p> </div> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/field/field.html.twig' --> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=40411&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="d0AnQbL8Nsd8UEjogy3aqvSeqU28NIabc7GtmCJ7gWg"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> </article> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/custom/wri_main/templates/comment/comment.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'comment__comment__story' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * comment--comment--story.html.twig * comment--comment.html.twig x comment.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/custom/wri_main/templates/comment/comment.html.twig' --> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-40412" about="/en/comment/40412" typeof="schema:Comment" class="js-comment" data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-40412" about="/en/comment/40412" typeof="schema:Comment" class="js-comment comments"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1517594315"></mark> <div> <h3 property="schema:name" datatype=""><a href="/en/comment/40412#comment-40412" class="permalink" rel="bookmark" hreflang="en">It&#039;s also used in Honduras…</a></h3> <footer> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'user' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * user--compact.html.twig x user.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'core/modules/user/templates/user.html.twig' --> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> </article> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'core/modules/user/templates/user.html.twig' --> <p> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'rdf_wrapper' --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'core/modules/rdf/templates/rdf-wrapper.html.twig' --> <span rel="schema:author">Submitted by <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'username' --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'core/modules/user/templates/username.html.twig' --> <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">NELSON Ordóñez (not verified)</span> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'core/modules/user/templates/username.html.twig' --> on Mon, 29 Jan 2018 - 06:59</span> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'core/modules/rdf/templates/rdf-wrapper.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'rdf_metadata' --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'core/modules/rdf/templates/rdf-metadata.html.twig' --> <span property="schema:dateCreated" content="2018-01-29T06:59:40+00:00" class="hidden"></span> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'core/modules/rdf/templates/rdf-metadata.html.twig' --> </p> <a href="/en/comment/40412#comment-40412" hreflang="en">Permalink</a> </footer> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * field--comment-body--default.html.twig * field--comment--comment-body--comment.html.twig * field--comment--comment-body.html.twig * field--comment--comment.html.twig * field--comment-body.html.twig * field--text-long.html.twig x field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/field/field.html.twig' --> <div property="schema:text" class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>It&#039;s also used in Honduras. Newborns have died because of the use of tear gas from this compan´y; and the dictator JUAN ORLANDO Hernández, his guard, uses it against the people: <a href="https://elfaro.net/es/201801/centroamerica/21412/JOH-toma-posesi%C3%B3n-entre-gases-lacrim%C3%B3genos-de-Pennsylvania.htm">https://elfaro.net/es/201801/centroamerica/21412/JOH-toma-posesi%C3%B3n…</a></p> </div> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/field/field.html.twig' --> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=40412&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="WpEQc75xbKMwk5eDIbddm9fbIJg_uhnmxWU-fScYX_Q"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> </article> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/custom/wri_main/templates/comment/comment.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'pager' --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/system/pager.html.twig' --> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/system/pager.html.twig' --> </section> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/custom/wri_main/templates/field/field--node--comment--story.html.twig' --> </div> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'modules/contrib/ds/templates/ds-1col.html.twig' --> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'modules/contrib/ds/templates/ds-entity-view.html.twig' --> Tue, 19 Sep 2017 08:40:11 +0000 Andrew 40890 at https://wri-irg.org https://wri-irg.org/en/story/2017/war-profiteer-month-nonlethal-technologies#comments International campaign halts South Korean arms exports https://wri-irg.org/en/story/2015/international-campaign-halts-south-korean-arms-exports <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'ds_entity_view' --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'modules/contrib/ds/templates/ds-entity-view.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'ds_1col' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * ds-1col--node--25222.html.twig * ds-1col--node-story-rss.html.twig * ds-1col--node-story.html.twig * ds-1col--node-rss.html.twig * ds-1col--node.html.twig x ds-1col.html.twig x ds-1col.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'modules/contrib/ds/templates/ds-1col.html.twig' --> <div data-history-node-id="25222" class="node node--type-story node--view-mode-rss ds-1col clearfix"> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * field--node-post-date---custom.html.twig * field--expert--node--node-post-date--story.html.twig * field--expert--node--story.html.twig * field--expert--node--node-post-date.html.twig * field--expert--node-post-date--story.html.twig * field--expert--story.html.twig * field--expert--node-post-date.html.twig * field--expert.html.twig * field--ds-field-expert.html.twig * field--node--node-post-date--story.html.twig * field--node--node-post-date.html.twig * field--node--story.html.twig * field--node-post-date.html.twig * field--ds.html.twig * field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'modules/contrib/ds/templates/ds-field-expert.html.twig' --> <time > 26 Nov 2015</time> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'modules/contrib/ds/templates/ds-field-expert.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * field--body--rss.html.twig * field--default--node--body--story.html.twig * field--default--node--story.html.twig * field--default--node--body.html.twig * field--default--body--story.html.twig * field--default--story.html.twig * field--default--body.html.twig * field--default.html.twig * field--theme-ds-field-default.html.twig * field--node--body--story.html.twig * field--node--body.html.twig * field--node--story.html.twig * field--body.html.twig * field--text-with-summary.html.twig x field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/field/field.html.twig' --> <div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field--item"><p><em>Emily Masters, originally printed in '<a href="http://peacenews.info/">Peace News</a>'</em></p> <p><em> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'entity_embed_container' --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'modules/contrib/entity_embed/templates/entity-embed-container.html.twig' --> <div alt="" data-embed-button="image_embed" data-entity-embed-display="image:responsive_image" data-entity-embed-display-settings="{&quot;responsive_image_style&quot;:&quot;body_inline_half&quot;,&quot;image_link&quot;:&quot;&quot;}" data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="edc1b7d4-d311-4411-8d25-175249175a14" title="" class="align-left embedded-entity" data-langcode="en"> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'responsive_image_formatter' --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'core/modules/responsive_image/templates/responsive-image-formatter.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'responsive_image' --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'core/modules/responsive_image/templates/responsive-image.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'image' --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/system/image.html.twig' --> <img srcset="/sites/default/files/public_files/styles/large/public/images/stop-the-shipment.home.jpg?itok=2ZoJK9ZS 1x" src="/sites/default/files/public_files/styles/large/public/images/stop-the-shipment.home.jpg?itok=2ZoJK9ZS" alt="" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /><!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/system/image.html.twig' --><!-- END OUTPUT from 'core/modules/responsive_image/templates/responsive-image.html.twig' --><!-- END OUTPUT from 'core/modules/responsive_image/templates/responsive-image-formatter.html.twig' --></div> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'modules/contrib/entity_embed/templates/entity-embed-container.html.twig' --> </em>After a four-month campaign, the international <a href="https://bahrainwatch.org/stoptheshipment/">Stop the Shipment</a> campaign succeeded in stopping a shipment of over a million canisters of tear gas to Bahrain on 8 January.</p> <p>The government of Bahrain has been using tear gas to repress pro-democracy demonstrations since the Arab Spring spread to the Gulf state in February 2011.</p> <p>A Physicians for Human Rights (PHR) report in 2012 found that ‘Bahraini law enforcement officials routinely violate every UN principle’ in their ‘unusually relentless and indiscriminate campaign… weaponizing toxic chemical agents – so-called tear gas’.</p> <!--break--> <p>According to PHR, 34 Bahrainis died of tear gas and related complications between March 2011 and March 2012, and a further five people died after having tear gas canisters fired at their heads or necks.</p> <p>It is not known how many people have died as a result of tear gas in the last two years.</p> <h3>More gas than people</h3> <p>In October, the US-based monitoring group Bahrain Watch leaked a tender document from Bahrain’s ministry of interior showing the government’s intent to purchase 1.6 million canisters of tear gas. Bahrain has a population of about 1.3 million.</p> <p>‘When we saw this document, we knew we had to act, and find and prevent the shipment, from wherever it was coming from,’ said Bill Marczak, a co-founder of Bahrain Watch.</p> <p>The revelation sparked a four-month campaign, run in conjunction with UK-based Campaign Against Arms Trade (CAAT), as well as Americans for Democracy and Human Rights in Bahrain.</p> <p>‘We looked at Bahrain’s main tear gas suppliers at the time, which were a South African company and this Korean company, Dae Kwang Chemical Corporation,’ said Marczak. The South Korean company would become the main contender in the deal and the campaign.</p> <p>Within days of starting, Stop the Shipment launched a website to enable people ‘to express their discontent,’ Marczak said. Andrew Smith, the media coordinator for CAAT, added that the multimedia campaign was successful in uniting an international campaign</p> <p>The site allowed users to send pre-written emails and faxes to, reach on social media, or make international phone calls to over 20 South Korean and South African officials and arms manufacturers. Almost 395,000 emails were sent and about 50 calls were made.</p> <p>‘[The number of calls] may not seem like a lot but it is quite significant when you view it in the context of someone in the Korean export licencing agency getting a call from someone in Bahrain,’ Marczak said.</p> <p>To export a shipment of arms, a South Korean company must seek an export licence from the defence acquisition program. DAPA takes into account international relations, consulting with the ministry of foreign affairs, before awarding licences and has in the past allowed shipments. Stop the Shipment tried to put as much pressure as possible on both agencies during the campaign, according to Marczak.</p> <p>‘The way [the shipment] was stopped in the end was that the DAPA came out with a statement saying: “We received two requests from two different Korean companies to export tear gas to Bahrain and we decided to not grant them the licence”,’ Marczak said. The other company’s name is not yet known.</p> <p>Beyond the website, the Stop the Shipment campaign included a direct action component. Korean NGOs staged protests outside the exporting agency while CAAT held protests outside the Korean embassy in London.</p> <p>‘The idea was to create something big and visual,’ Smith said. ‘The arms trade does not like to be confronted in public.’ The campaign also worked with international organisations such as Amnesty International to raise global awareness.</p> <p>‘The goal… was to capitalise on Korea increasingly finding its footing on the world stage. As such, the government is concerned with Korea’s international prestige and reputation,’ Marczak said.</p> <p>Stop the Shipment brought media attention to the fact that Dae Kwang company had already supplied millions of tear gas canisters and planned to send more to Bahrain, Turkey and other countries experiencing protests.</p> <p>‘Korea can’t claim to talk about human rights while it’s got this company which is basically a one stop shop for repressive governments,’ Marczak said.</p> <h3>Tactical moves</h3> <p>Originally, the Bahraini government relied on its military forces, armoured vehicles and assault rifles to put down protests, Marczak said. Over time, however, Bahrain switched to utilising its police force, using tear gas and birdshot to quell protests.</p> <p>‘It is much harder to defend your suppression of protests if you’ve got armoured vehicles and tanks on the streets, because that’s a very clear picture,’ Marczak said. ‘But if you’ve got police firing tear gas, it is very easy to say, ‘Well, we are using non-lethal weapons. There are a few accidents where protestors get killed but… we are doing the best we can to balance freedom of expression with security.’ It just allows the government to push its crackdown under the rug, in the sense of people not paying as much attention because it is not as graphic.’</p> <p>After a month of campaigning, Stop the Shipment added a legal component to their plan, filing complaints against Dae Kwang through the organisation for economic co-operation and development (OECD).</p> <p>In December, they filed complaints with five UN special rapporteurs, ‘arguing that the Bahrain Government’s use of tear gas violates the freedoms of association, expression, and movement, and constitutes systematic repression that amounts to degrading and inhuman treatment, and collective punishment,’ according to a CAAT press release.</p> <p>Marczak thinks the campaign’s success was due to multiple elements pressuring the South Korean government in different ways. He added: ‘And I think legal complaints was a great next step, because it really drove the message home that this was a professional campaign.’</p> <p>Countries that currently ship arms of any kind to Bahrain include the UK, US, France, Spain, Belgium, Brazil, Germany, and Switzerland. The US, France and Spain have just suspended their supply of chemical irritants, according to an 8 January Amnesty International press release.</p> <p>‘Since the Arab Spring in 2011, the UK has licenced over £30 million-worth of exports [to Bahrain]’, Smith said. These shipments included assault rifles, pistols and machine guns. Prince Andrew travelled to Bahrain at the end of January 2014 for Great Britain Week to attend a large arms trade show.</p> <p>‘The reason why Bahrain wants to deal with the UK is because the UK does have a lot of international influence and they want our respectability and [the] endorsement that comes with dealing with the UK,’ Smith said. ‘The argument we make [is that] in dealing with the dictatorship in Bahrain, we are giving them more legitimacy.’</p> <p>With the campaign completed, CAAT and Bahrain Watch plan to continue working to stop other weapons shipments to Bahrain and around the world.</p> </div> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/field/field.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * field--field-programmes-projects--rss.html.twig * field--expert--node--field-programmes-projects--story.html.twig * field--expert--node--story.html.twig * field--expert--node--field-programmes-projects.html.twig * 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'themes/custom/wri_main/templates/field/field--node--comment--story.html.twig' --> <section class="comments"> <h2>Add new comment</h2> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderForm" arguments="0=node&amp;1=25222&amp;2=comment&amp;3=comment" token="n13SFzaKuN_VwMyDwjgFoSTJp6rhn0ycoXWVsTQFqwU"></drupal-render-placeholder> </section> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/custom/wri_main/templates/field/field--node--comment--story.html.twig' --> </div> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'modules/contrib/ds/templates/ds-1col.html.twig' --> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'modules/contrib/ds/templates/ds-entity-view.html.twig' --> Thu, 26 Nov 2015 12:24:55 +0000 Andrew 25222 at https://wri-irg.org https://wri-irg.org/en/story/2015/international-campaign-halts-south-korean-arms-exports#comments The Spanish export of arms in 2014: between illegality and joint arms programs https://wri-irg.org/en/story/2015/spanish-export-arms-2014-between-illegality-and-joint-arms-programs <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'ds_entity_view' --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'modules/contrib/ds/templates/ds-entity-view.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'ds_1col' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * ds-1col--node--24710.html.twig * ds-1col--node-story-rss.html.twig * ds-1col--node-story.html.twig * ds-1col--node-rss.html.twig * ds-1col--node.html.twig x ds-1col.html.twig x ds-1col.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'modules/contrib/ds/templates/ds-1col.html.twig' --> <div data-history-node-id="24710" class="node node--type-story node--view-mode-rss ds-1col clearfix"> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * field--node-post-date---custom.html.twig * field--expert--node--node-post-date--story.html.twig * field--expert--node--story.html.twig * field--expert--node--node-post-date.html.twig * field--expert--node-post-date--story.html.twig * field--expert--story.html.twig * field--expert--node-post-date.html.twig * field--expert.html.twig * 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field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/field/field.html.twig' --> <div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field--item"><p style="text-align: left;">During 2014, Spain made defence materials exports worth €3.203 million, whilst in total €3.666 million worth of exports were authorized. The value of the actual exports has decreased by 18% in comparison to that reached in 2013, from €3.907 million. Nonetheless, the tendency during the last 10 years has been a continued increase, as revealed in the following graph.</p> <p style="text-align: center;" align="CENTER">Spanish exports of defence material 2005-2014</p> <p style="text-align: center;" align="CENTER"> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'entity_embed_container' --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'modules/contrib/entity_embed/templates/entity-embed-container.html.twig' --> </p><div alt="" data-embed-button="image_embed" data-entity-embed-display="image:responsive_image" data-entity-embed-display-settings="{&quot;responsive_image_style&quot;:&quot;body_inline_full&quot;,&quot;image_link&quot;:&quot;&quot;}" data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="f624435a-8459-43ad-8850-1646114ab8dc" title="Graph" class="align-left embedded-entity" data-langcode="en"> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'responsive_image_formatter' --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'core/modules/responsive_image/templates/responsive-image-formatter.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'responsive_image' --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'core/modules/responsive_image/templates/responsive-image.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'image' --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/system/image.html.twig' --> <img srcset="/sites/default/files/public_files/styles/max_1300x1300/public/Centro%20delas%20image.home.png?itok=vA2lJOzq 1x" src="/sites/default/files/public_files/styles/max_1300x1300/public/Centro%20delas%20image.home.png?itok=vA2lJOzq" alt="" title="Graph" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /><!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/system/image.html.twig' --><!-- END OUTPUT from 'core/modules/responsive_image/templates/responsive-image.html.twig' --><!-- END OUTPUT from 'core/modules/responsive_image/templates/responsive-image-formatter.html.twig' --></div> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'modules/contrib/entity_embed/templates/entity-embed-container.html.twig' --> <p style="text-align: left;" align="JUSTIFY">According to the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI), in 2014 Spain occupied the sixth position in the world ranking of exporting countries, behind the United States, Russia, France, the United Kingdom and Germany. The exports in 2014 have represented 4% of the global arms exports and 1.3% of the total Spanish trade balance.</p> <p style="text-align: left;" align="JUSTIFY">The transfer of Spanish arms is made, fundamentally, in two geographic areas: The NATO countries and or the EU, on one hand, and the Middle East, on the other. 81% of total exports are concentrated in these two areas.</p> <p style="text-align: left;" align="JUSTIFY">The principle destination of defence material has been the NATO countries: €2.1 million (which makes up 65.6% of total exports; over 86% of those go to countries in the European Union that form part of NATO). Countries of the European Union make up 57% of the total exports, valuing 1.831 million euros.</p> <p style="text-align: left;" align="JUSTIFY">The main clients have been the United Kingdom (862,79 million), France (520,67 million), Germany (272,45 million), Italy (96,13 million) and Greece (47,44 million); corresponding above all to bits and pieces of the joint arms manufacturing projects like the A400M plane, the EF-2000 or the various missiles. The total arms exported in the market from these joint programs reached the figure of €1.864 million, which makes up 58.2% of the total exports.</p> <p style="text-align: left;" align="JUSTIFY">Regarding the second geographic area of importance, the Middle East is acquiring great importance, especially in the last two years (see the table below). In 2014, €511 million worth of arms have been destined for countries in the Middle East, especially the countries in the Persian Gulf (16% of the total). The most relevant exports have had the destination of Saudi Arabia (293 million) a supply plane and munitions, followed by Egypt (108 million) with 4 transport planes and components, Oman (65 million) a transport plane and components and Bahrain (40 million) of anti-air munition.</p> <p style="text-align: left;" align="JUSTIFY">Table 1. Spanish exports of defence material to Middle Eastern countries (in millions of current euros)</p> <table style="float: left;" cellpadding="7" cellspacing="0" width="549"><colgroup><col width="98" /><col width="52" /><col width="52" /><col width="52" /><col width="71" /><col width="50" /><col width="73" /></colgroup><tbody><tr valign="TOP"><td height="2" bgcolor="#c0c0c0" width="98"> <p>Countries</p> </td> <td bgcolor="#c0c0c0" width="52"> <p align="RIGHT">2010</p> </td> <td bgcolor="#c0c0c0" width="52"> <p align="RIGHT">2011</p> </td> <td bgcolor="#c0c0c0" width="52"> <p align="RIGHT">2012</p> </td> <td bgcolor="#c0c0c0" width="71"> <p align="RIGHT">2013</p> </td> <td bgcolor="#c0c0c0" width="50"> <p align="RIGHT">2014</p> </td> <td bgcolor="#c0c0c0" width="73"> <p align="RIGHT">2010-2014</p> </td> </tr><tr valign="TOP"><td height="3" bgcolor="#ffffff" width="98"> <p>Saudi Arabia</p> </td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" width="52"> <p align="RIGHT">5.824,93</p> </td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" width="52"> <p align="RIGHT">14.006,43</p> </td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" width="52"> <p align="RIGHT">21.263,43</p> </td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" width="71"> <p align="RIGHT">406.437,36</p> </td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" width="50"> <p align="RIGHT">292.861,79</p> </td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" width="73"> <p align="CENTER">740.393,94</p> </td> </tr><tr valign="TOP"><td height="10" bgcolor="#ffffff" width="98"> <p>United Arab Emirates</p> </td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" width="52"> <p align="RIGHT"> </p> </td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" width="52"> <p align="RIGHT">66,15</p> </td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" width="52"> <p align="RIGHT">2.379,60</p> </td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" width="71"> <p align="RIGHT">717.047,17</p> </td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" width="50"> <p align="RIGHT"> </p> </td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" width="73"> <p align="CENTER">719.492,92</p> </td> </tr><tr valign="TOP"><td height="3" bgcolor="#ffffff" width="98"> <p>Egypt</p> </td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" width="52"> <p align="RIGHT">2.539,84</p> </td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" width="52"> <p align="RIGHT">69.834,52</p> </td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" width="52"> <p align="RIGHT">50.323,59</p> </td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" width="71"> <p align="RIGHT">126.653,09</p> </td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" width="50"> <p align="RIGHT">107.951,05</p> </td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" width="73"> <p align="CENTER">357.302,09</p> </td> </tr><tr valign="TOP"><td height="3" bgcolor="#ffffff" width="98"> <p>Oman</p> </td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" width="52"> <p align="RIGHT">3.195,20</p> </td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" width="52"> <p align="RIGHT">3.310,39</p> </td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" width="52"> <p align="RIGHT">670,07</p> </td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" width="71"> <p align="RIGHT">98.036,16</p> </td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" width="50"> <p align="RIGHT">64.893,48</p> </td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" width="73"> <p align="CENTER">170.105,3</p> </td> </tr><tr valign="TOP"><td height="3" bgcolor="#ffffff" width="98"> <p>Bahrain</p> </td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" width="52"> <p align="RIGHT">40,69</p> </td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" width="52"> <p align="RIGHT">6.350,52</p> </td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" width="52"> <p align="RIGHT">21.145,35</p> </td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" width="71"> <p align="RIGHT">24.129,99</p> </td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" width="50"> <p align="RIGHT">39.931,56</p> </td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" width="73"> <p align="CENTER">91.598,11</p> </td> </tr><tr valign="TOP"><td height="3" bgcolor="#ffffff" width="98"> <p>Israel</p> </td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" width="52"> <p align="RIGHT">1.429,04</p> </td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" width="52"> <p align="RIGHT">472,55</p> </td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" width="52"> <p align="RIGHT">637,84</p> </td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" width="71"> <p align="RIGHT">52,13</p> </td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" width="50"> <p align="RIGHT">3.428,09</p> </td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" width="73"> <p align="CENTER">6.019,65</p> </td> </tr><tr valign="TOP"><td height="3" bgcolor="#ffffff" width="98"> <p>Jordan</p> </td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" width="52"> <p align="RIGHT">1.615,34</p> </td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" width="52"> <p align="RIGHT">2.584,94</p> </td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" width="52"> <p align="RIGHT">384,52</p> </td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" width="71"> <p align="RIGHT">608,97</p> </td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" width="50"> <p align="RIGHT">190,21</p> </td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" width="73"> <p align="CENTER">5.383,98</p> </td> </tr><tr valign="TOP"><td height="3" bgcolor="#ffffff" width="98"> <p>Kuwait</p> </td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" width="52"> <p align="RIGHT"> </p> </td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" width="52"> <p align="RIGHT"> </p> </td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" width="52"> <p align="RIGHT">1.703,01</p> </td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" width="71"> <p align="RIGHT"> </p> </td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" width="50"> <p align="RIGHT">817,80</p> </td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" width="73"> <p align="CENTER">2.520,81</p> </td> </tr><tr valign="TOP"><td height="3" bgcolor="#ffffff" width="98"> <p>Qatar</p> </td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" width="52"> <p align="RIGHT">1.030,48</p> </td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" width="52"> <p align="RIGHT">382,79</p> </td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" width="52"> <p align="RIGHT"> </p> </td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" width="71"> <p align="RIGHT"> </p> </td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" width="50"> <p align="RIGHT">666,77</p> </td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" width="73"> <p align="CENTER">2.080,04</p> </td> </tr><tr valign="TOP"><td height="2" bgcolor="#ffffff" width="98"> <p align="JUSTIFY"><strong>Total</strong></p> </td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" width="52"> <p align="RIGHT"><strong>15.675,52</strong></p> </td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" width="52"> <p align="RIGHT"><strong>97.008,29</strong></p> </td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" width="52"> <p align="RIGHT"><strong>98.507,41</strong></p> </td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" width="71"> <p align="RIGHT"><strong>1.372.964,86</strong></p> </td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" width="50"> <p align="RIGHT"><strong>510.740,75</strong></p> </td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" width="73"> <p align="RIGHT"> </p> </td> </tr></tbody></table><p style="text-align: left;"> </p> <p style="text-align: left;" align="JUSTIFY">The exports to the Middle East reveal the loose interpretation that the Spanish authorities are making of legislation in terms of the arms business. It could even be considered contradictory to the Spanish legislation just as much as the European over the control of the arms business due to the situation of instability in the region. Especially, through the regional influence of countries like Saudi Arabia or the United Arab Emirates as they give support to a part of the conflict in Syria (insurgent groups), and in other countries like Libya and Egypt.</p> <p style="text-align: left;" align="JUSTIFY">Spain has become a global power in arms exports, largely, as a result of the Spanish Government's policy of encouraging arms exportation. A policy that is put in practice by different entities linked with the Ministry of Defence: the Secretary of State for Defence, the Office of Foreign Support, the Ambassadors of Defence in the embassies and the public businesses ISDEFE and DEFEX.</p> <p style="text-align: left;" align="JUSTIFY">This policy is based on secrecy, since it has been declared that the minutes of the body that grants authorizations to export (the JIMDDU) are secret. And their most recent instruments are the "government to government contracts", whereby the Spanish Government guarantees the delivery of armaments.</p> <p style="text-align: left;">During 2014, an alleged plot of corruption linked to the arms business inside the public enterprise DEFEX, was being judicially investigated. The plot had appropriated millions of euros in illegal commissions, which were distributed between the buyer countries and the top management of the DEFEX business. The contracts of arms exports held with African countries, between Angola or Cameroon, or the Near East, like Saudi Arabia are suspected.</p> </div> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/field/field.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * field--field-programmes-projects--rss.html.twig * field--expert--node--field-programmes-projects--story.html.twig * field--expert--node--story.html.twig * field--expert--node--field-programmes-projects.html.twig * field--expert--field-programmes-projects--story.html.twig * field--expert--story.html.twig * field--expert--field-programmes-projects.html.twig * field--expert.html.twig * field--ds-field-expert.html.twig * field--node--field-programmes-projects--story.html.twig * field--node--field-programmes-projects.html.twig * field--node--story.html.twig * field--field-programmes-projects.html.twig * field--entity-reference.html.twig * field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 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href="/en/taxonomy/term/63" hreflang="en">arms trade</a></span> </div> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'modules/contrib/ds/templates/ds-field-expert.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'links__node' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * links--node.html.twig x links.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/system/links.html.twig' --> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/system/links.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * field--comment--rss.html.twig * field--default--node--comment--story.html.twig * field--default--node--story.html.twig * field--default--node--comment.html.twig * field--default--comment--story.html.twig * field--default--story.html.twig * field--default--comment.html.twig * field--default.html.twig * field--theme-ds-field-default.html.twig x field--node--comment--story.html.twig * field--node--comment.html.twig * field--node--story.html.twig * field--comment.html.twig * field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/custom/wri_main/templates/field/field--node--comment--story.html.twig' --> <section class="comments"> <h2>Add new comment</h2> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderForm" arguments="0=node&amp;1=24710&amp;2=comment&amp;3=comment" token="OdjYoai7GYlgDFjLew_9cIlGkI5qGeesset_TLEtJlA"></drupal-render-placeholder> </section> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/custom/wri_main/templates/field/field--node--comment--story.html.twig' --> </div> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'modules/contrib/ds/templates/ds-1col.html.twig' --> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'modules/contrib/ds/templates/ds-entity-view.html.twig' --> Mon, 13 Jul 2015 14:53:01 +0000 Andrew 24710 at https://wri-irg.org Campaign succeeds in pushing South Korea to halt export of tear gas to Bahrain https://wri-irg.org/en/South-Korea-Bahrain-shipment-stopped <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'ds_entity_view' --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 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field--node--node-post-date--story.html.twig * field--node--node-post-date.html.twig * field--node--story.html.twig * field--node-post-date.html.twig * field--ds.html.twig * field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'modules/contrib/ds/templates/ds-field-expert.html.twig' --> <time > 28 Jan 2014</time> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'modules/contrib/ds/templates/ds-field-expert.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * field--body--rss.html.twig * field--default--node--body--story.html.twig * field--default--node--story.html.twig * field--default--node--body.html.twig * field--default--body--story.html.twig * field--default--story.html.twig * field--default--body.html.twig * field--default.html.twig * field--theme-ds-field-default.html.twig * field--node--body--story.html.twig * field--node--body.html.twig * field--node--story.html.twig * field--body.html.twig * field--text-with-summary.html.twig x field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/field/field.html.twig' --> <div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field--item"><p><!-- THEME DEBUG --><!-- THEME HOOK: 'entity_embed_container' --><!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'modules/contrib/entity_embed/templates/entity-embed-container.html.twig' --></p><div alt="" data-embed-button="image_embed" data-entity-embed-display="image:responsive_image" data-entity-embed-display-settings="{&quot;responsive_image_style&quot;:&quot;body_inline_1_3&quot;,&quot;image_link&quot;:&quot;&quot;}" data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="da088b1a-8d6b-42b4-ac2c-15c296484ff5" title="" class="align-right embedded-entity" data-langcode="en"> <!-- THEME DEBUG --><!-- THEME HOOK: 'responsive_image_formatter' --><!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'core/modules/responsive_image/templates/responsive-image-formatter.html.twig' --><!-- THEME DEBUG --><!-- THEME HOOK: 'responsive_image' --><!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'core/modules/responsive_image/templates/responsive-image.html.twig' --><!-- THEME DEBUG --><!-- THEME HOOK: 'image' --><!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/system/image.html.twig' --><p><img srcset="/sites/default/files/public_files/styles/max_325x325/public/stopshipment.home.jpg?itok=eIX3OIE5 1x" src="/sites/default/files/public_files/styles/medium/public/stopshipment.home.jpg?itok=HEbZG7U2" alt="" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /></p> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/system/image.html.twig' --><!-- END OUTPUT from 'core/modules/responsive_image/templates/responsive-image.html.twig' --><!-- END OUTPUT from 'core/modules/responsive_image/templates/responsive-image-formatter.html.twig' --></div> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'modules/contrib/entity_embed/templates/entity-embed-container.html.twig' --><p> In early January, <a href="https://twitter.com/search/?q=%23StopTheShipment">#StopTheShipment</a> – a campaign launched by human rights organisation <a href="https://bahrainwatch.org/">Bahrain Watch</a>, and supported by many other human rights and anti-arms trade groups to stop the shipment of tear gas used lethally against opposition protesters - announced that the South Korean 'Defence Acquisition Program Administration' had denied two requests to export tear gas to Bahrain due to the “unstable politics in the country [Bahrain], people’s death due to tear gas and complaints from human rights groups”. <a href="http://stoptheshipment.org/">Read more...</a></p> </div> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/field/field.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * field--field-programmes-projects--rss.html.twig * field--expert--node--field-programmes-projects--story.html.twig * field--expert--node--story.html.twig * field--expert--node--field-programmes-projects.html.twig * field--expert--field-programmes-projects--story.html.twig * 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field--expert--node--field-countries.html.twig * field--expert--field-countries--story.html.twig * field--expert--story.html.twig * field--expert--field-countries.html.twig * field--expert.html.twig * field--ds-field-expert.html.twig * field--node--field-countries--story.html.twig * field--node--field-countries.html.twig * field--node--story.html.twig * field--field-countries.html.twig * field--entity-reference.html.twig * field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'modules/contrib/ds/templates/ds-field-expert.html.twig' --> <div class="field--label tags--label field-label-above">Countries</div> <div class="wri-main--tags"> <span class="rel-tag" > <a href="/en/taxonomy/term/171" hreflang="en">Bahrain</a></span> </div> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'modules/contrib/ds/templates/ds-field-expert.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * field--field-theme--rss.html.twig * field--expert--node--field-theme--story.html.twig * field--expert--node--story.html.twig * field--expert--node--field-theme.html.twig * field--expert--field-theme--story.html.twig * field--expert--story.html.twig * field--expert--field-theme.html.twig * field--expert.html.twig * field--ds-field-expert.html.twig * field--node--field-theme--story.html.twig * field--node--field-theme.html.twig * field--node--story.html.twig * field--field-theme.html.twig * field--entity-reference.html.twig * field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'modules/contrib/ds/templates/ds-field-expert.html.twig' --> <div class="field--label tags--label field-label-above">Theme</div> <div class="wri-main--tags"> <span class="rel-tag" > <a href="/en/taxonomy/term/63" hreflang="en">arms trade</a></span> </div> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'modules/contrib/ds/templates/ds-field-expert.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'links__node' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * links--node.html.twig x links.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 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