|
|
Article: CANADA SELLS MILITARY EQUIPMENT TO COLOMBIAN ARMED FORCES.(Brief Article)
- Article from:
- Canadian Dimension
- Article date:
- May 1, 2001
CopyrightCOPYRIGHT 2001 Canadian Dimension Publication, Ltd. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)
|
Gaping loopholes in Canada's export controls have authorized the sale of surplus Canadian military equipment to Columbia's armed forces, report Canadian human-rights and peace organizations. According to Amnesty International Canada, Project Ploughshares, the Inter-Church Committee on Human Rights in Latin America (ICCHRLA) and the Canadian Labour Congress, excess military equipment has been shipped through other countries to destinations where equipment may have been used to commit human-rights violations.
Reports indicate that some 40 surplus Canadian Huey helicopters were sold to the U.S. State Department between September, 1998 and February, 2000. ...