Qatar Demonstrates: Prohibit all Arms Exports
The federal government authorized considerably more arms exports to the Emirate of Qatar than previously known. To this, Jan van Aken, deputy party chair of DIE LINKE and member of the top team of the party for the federal elections, declares:
Tanks, machine guns, ammunition – the federal government unscrupulously authorizes any conceivable kind of weapon for Qatar.
Human rights violations, forced labour, censorhip in Qatar, Arab Spring – all this does not seem to matter a bit for chancellor Angela Merkel, she sets new standards for German arms exports. Who wants to stop armament of the world has to prohibit arms exports. Only clear prohibitions can prevent such deals as with Qatar.