Rand Paul wants to block billions in US weapon sales to Egypt over human rights violations

"Officers used electric shocks on his genitals, head, and tongue,' @RandPaul wrote. 'Such torture would be unbearable for any man.'

'But Hamza was not a man. He was a 14-year-old boy at the time of his arrest,' Paul revealed." https://t.co/lAlyxeJdUY — Jack Hunter (@jackhunter74) February 11, 2022

"Paul’s bill was introduced earlier this week and referred to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. If passed it would reject the billions in U.S. weapons sales to Egypt.

'The United States cannot proudly affirm human rights to be at the center of our foreign policy, while it arms a regime at war with its own people,' the senator wrote.

'That is why I will force the Senate to vote on a resolution that would cancel the latest military sale to Egypt’s criminal masters,' Paul said. 'Mere slaps on the wrist cannot hide the inescapable fact that the United States has handsomely rewarded Egypt as it degenerated into one of the most autocratic places on the globe. America should in no uncertain terms demonstrate that we will no longer strengthen a strongman.'

The senator listed a number of the Egyptian government’s reported abuses, including its horrific treatment of a 14-year-old child."

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