Suspend UK export of tear gas, rubber bullets and riot shields to USA

Rejected 21 signatures

What the petition asks

Government records show it grants export licences worth millions of pounds for the sale of anti-crowd gas, riot equipment and other small arms to the US – but the government’s own rules say such exports should not go ahead where they are likely to be used for “internal repression”.

Oliver Feeley-Sprague, Amnesty International UK’s military, security and police programme director, said: “After the shocking images of the police and national guard using excessive force against Black Lives Matter protesters in Minneapolis, the UK should immediately freeze all policing and security equipment export licences to the US where there’s a clear risk of further misuse – something the UK is obliged to do under its own laws, and that ministers need to respond to.

Why it was rejected

There was already a petition about this issue. Duplicates are rejected so signatures collect in one place.

We can't publish petitions that include unproven or potentially defamatory statements, including accusations of a crime, police misconduct or human rights breaches.

We have published the following petitions, which you might like to sign:

Condemn the US government for the use of force against its citizens: Condemn the US government for the use of force against its citizens

Suspend future sales of tear gas and other crowd control equipment to the USA: Suspend future sales of tear gas and other crowd control equipment to the USA

We have also published several petitions about race and equality more widely, which you can view here: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions?state=open&topic=race-and-equality

Timeline

11 Jun 2020	Petition opened for signatures
16 Jun 2020	Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 21

Status Rejected

Rejected 16 Jun 2020

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