Around one quarter of the world lives in countries under unilateral United States sanctions. While American government officials insist that sanctions are targeted at officials committing human rights abuses in foreign countries, the United Nations notes that they always “disproportionately affect the poor and most vulnerable.” In Cuba,
Calling Sanctions by Their Name: Rania Khalek on US Mideast Genocide
Critics of sanctions argue that they are a blatant breach of international law and that they are a new form of economic warfare.
By Mnar Adley
