New report shows deadly impact and global condemnation of U.S. sanctions

Sanctions Kill issued the following news release Sept. 24.

A coalition of North American human rights organizations has released a report on the impact and consequences of U.S. sanctions. The report is based on wide-ranging research and interviews with residents of countries which are suffering under U.S. sanctions.

The report reveals a reality which Western media rarely or never reports.

One finding is that U.S. sanctions hurt the poor, have resulted in thousands of deaths, and “humanitarian exemptions” do not work. Another finding is that more than 70% of the world’s nations officially condemn U.S. sanctions as violating international law and the U.N. Charter.

A free PDF copy of the report can be downloaded from sanctionskill.org/impact/.

The SanctionsKill Report is being distributed to all members of the U.S. Congress and to the representatives of all members of the United Nations. 

We encourage social justice, human rights and legal organizations to study and take up this issue. The 35-page report, with its extensive references, is appropriate for college courses.

a guest author

Share
Published by
a guest author
Tags: sanctions

Recent Posts

Beware of attempts to discredit Venezuela’s elections

The following letter was signed by more than 30 organizations, including Workers World Party, International…

July 30, 2024

Defend revolutionary Cuba!

Dozens of people attended an event, held at New Canaan Baptist Church in Brooklyn on…

July 29, 2024

Boston protest: ‘Netanyahu is not welcome anywhere!’

Boston Hundreds of pro-Palestine activists rallied on Jan. 20 at Parkman Bandstand on the Boston…

July 29, 2024

Marker commemorates racist Detroit police murders – 57 years after the fact

July 26 was the 57th anniversary of the murder of three Black teenagers by Detroit…

July 29, 2024

Solidarity is priority of Cuba’s health care system

By Rémy Herrera From a speech by Rémy Herrera of the National Center of Scientific…

July 29, 2024

Bread, circuses and assassination attempts in the U.S. – an essay

Minutes after the murder of George Floyd, Derek Chauvin said to a passerby that "he…

July 29, 2024