Right now, the US Department of Defense is considering an arms sale to a royal dictatorship that has arrested, tortured, and killed its own civilians.  In the tiny Middle Eastern nation of Bahrain, people are calling for their basic rights.

So why is our own government proposing the sale of even more weapons to their dictator?

Please click here to tell your elected Members of Congress to oppose the sale.

In recent months, Bahrain’s al-Khalifa regime has cracked downs on numerous Bahraini protestors.  Human rights advocates, teachers, and doctors have been arrested on suspicion of anti-regime sentiments.

So far 40 protesters have been killed and over 1600 have been arrested, some of whom were sentenced to prison in military courts.  Some 2500 Bahrainis lost their jobs as well.

In May of this year, President Obama publicly stated his support for democracy protestors in the Middle East.  As he put it, “If you take the risks that reform entails, you will have the full support of the United States.”

So why is the US maintaining a military relationship with the very Bahraini government that is engaged in these crackdowns?

Click here to urge your Members of Congress to block the proposed arms sale.

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On September 8th, a children’s museum in Oakland, California, canceled an exhibit of drawings by children from the Gaza Strip.

The heart-breaking drawings captured the oppression and brutality of life under Israel’s economic blockade and military attacks.  But under pressure from pro-Israel groups in the community, the Museum of Children’s Art (MOCHA) pulled the plug.

Click here to tell the Museum of Children’s Art that Gaza’s children deserve to be heard.

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