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Kingdom of Norway

2024-05-24T20:09:28Z

ComradeMaxine:

{{Infobox country|name=Kingdom of Norway|native_name=Kongeriket Norge<br>Norgga gonagasriika|image_flag=Flag of Norway.svg|image_coat=Coat of arms of Norway.svg|capital=[[Oslo]]|largest_city=[[Oslo]]|image_map=Norway map.svg|map_width=260|official_languages=Norwegian, Sami|area_km2=385,207|population_estimate=5,425,270|population_estimate_year=2021|mode_of_production=[[Capitalism]]|recognized_national_languages=Kven, Romani, Norwegian Sign Language|government_type=Parliamentary constitutional monarchy}}

'''Norway''', officially the '''Kingdom of Norway''', is a [[Social democracy|social democratic]] country in [[Northern Europe]]. Of the five Nordic nations, Norway is the most aggressive imperialist power, engaging in both militaristic and economic imperialism throughout the [[Global North and South|global south]].

== Imperialism ==
Contrary to it's image in the West as a thriving and good-natured nation, the Kingdom of Norway has long been a covert but prominent imperial power. Norwegian state and private companies operate throughout the global south and practice illegal and aggressive economic policies to extract resources from developing nations.

=== Statoil/Equinor ===
Statoil or Equinor is a state owned Norwegian petroleum and energy corporation that operates globally with the goal of extracting energy, mainly oil, for Norwegian capitalists. Since it's founding in 1972 Statoil has been found to have bribed politicians in the global south in order to illegally extract the oil from the respective underdeveloped nations. The most notable example being the Statoil-Iran corruption case from 2002 to 2003.<ref>{{Web citation|newspaper=Equinor|title=Horton case settlement|date=2006-10-13|url=https://www.equinor.com/news/archive/2006/10/13/HortonCaseSettlement|retrieved=2024-5-24}}</ref>

In addition to open corruption and theft of natural resources, Statoil frequently pushes third world nations into dependence under the guise of developing said nation's oil industry. This has resulted in Norwegian capitalists dominating large sectors of the African oil industry, particularly in Nigeria and Tanzania.<ref>{{Web citation|newspaper=Equinor|title=Our Activities in Tanzania|url=https://www.equinor.com/where-we-are/tanzania|retrieved=2024-5-24}}</ref><ref>{{Web citation|newspaper=Equinor|title=Our Activities in Nigeria|url=https://www.equinor.com/where-we-are/nigeria|retrieved=2024-5-24}}</ref>

Among countless western energy corporations, Statoil also took part in the the looting of Libyan oil following the destruction of the country by the imperialist NATO coalition and their allies.

=== Military Interventions ===
Norway dropped 588 bombs on [[Libyan Arab Jamahiriya (1977–2011)|Libya]] in 2011.<ref name=":02">{{News citation|newspaper=[[TeleSur]]|title=Scandinavia’s Covert Role in Western Imperialism|date=2017-03-20|url=https://www.telesurenglish.net/analysis/Scandinavias-Covert-Role-in-Western-Imperialism-20170320-0022.html|retrieved=2022-04-23}}</ref> It is also part of [[North Atlantic Treaty Organization|NATO]], an [[Imperialism|imperialist]] military alliance.

== Working conditions ==
=== Child labor ===
In 2008, Norwegian company [[Telenor]] was exposed as working with a [[People's Republic of Bangladesh|Bangladeshi]] supplier that used [[child labor]] and had a worker die after falling into a pool of acid.<ref name=":0">{{News citation|newspaper=[[TeleSur]]|title=Scandinavia’s Covert Role in Western Imperialism|date=2017-03-20|url=https://www.telesurenglish.net/analysis/Scandinavias-Covert-Role-in-Western-Imperialism-20170320-0022.html|retrieved=2022-04-23}}</ref>

=== Minimum wage ===
Norway has no national [[minimum wage]], although there are minimum wages for some specific industries.<ref>{{News citation|author=David Nikel|newspaper=Life in Norway|title=Minimum Wage in Norway|date=2018-01-07|url=https://www.lifeinnorway.net/norway-minimum-wage/#The_Norwegian_minimum_wage|retrieved=2022-04-24}}</ref>

== References ==
[[Category:Countries]]
[[Category:Global north]]
[[Category:Imperialist countries]]
[[Category:European countries]]

Kingdom of Norway

2024-05-24T19:18:33Z

ComradeMaxine: Started expanding Norwegian imperialism section

Ronald Reagan

2024-03-20T01:09:10Z

ComradeMaxine:

{{Infobox politician|name=Ronald Reagan|birth_date=February 6, 1911|birth_place=Tampico, Illinois, [[United States of America|United States]]|death_date=June 5, 2004|death_place=Los Angeles, [[California]], United States|political_line=[[Anti-communism]]<br>[[Homophobia]]<br>[[Neoliberalism]]<br>[[White supremacy]]|political_party=[[Republican Party (United States)|Republican Party]]|image=Ronald Reagan.png|Political Party=}}

'''Ronald Reagan''' was a [[Neoliberalism|neoliberal]] U.S. politician and the President of the United States from 1981 to 1989.

==Domestic policy==
Reagan cut taxes for the rich and increased income inequality.<ref>{{Web citation|author=Margaret Kimberley|newspaper=[[Black Agenda Report]]|title=Freedom Rider: Ronald Reagan’s Demons|date=2011-02-09|url=https://blackagendareport.com/content/freedom-rider-ronald-reagan%E2%80%99s-demons|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220107143529/https://blackagendareport.com/content/freedom-rider-ronald-reagan%E2%80%99s-demons|archive-date=2022-01-07|retrieved=2022-08-21}}</ref> He blamed the AIDS epidemic of the 1980s on gay people instead of trying to eradicate the disease. His policies caused thousands of needless deaths.<ref>{{Web citation|author=[[Gloria La Riva]]|newspaper=[[Liberation News]]|title=La Riva on Clinton, Reagans and AIDS: “Clinton just re-wrote history”|date=2016-03-13|url=https://www.liberationnews.org/la-riva-clinton-reagans-aids-clinton-just-re-wrote-history/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200111145928/https://www.liberationnews.org/la-riva-clinton-reagans-aids-clinton-just-re-wrote-history/|archive-date=2020-01-11|retrieved=2022-08-21}}</ref> Reagan cut subsidized housing by more than 80% and said that homeless people were homeless by choice.<ref>{{Web citation|newspaper=Liberation News|title=Homelessness and the Reagan legacy|date=2013-02-01|url=https://www.liberationnews.org/homelessness-and-the-reagan-legacy-html/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220715232400/https://www.liberationnews.org/homelessness-and-the-reagan-legacy-html/|archive-date=2022-07-15|retrieved=2022-08-21}}</ref>

== Foreign policy ==
Reagan funded death squads in [[Republic of El Salvador|El Salvador]] and [[Republic of Guatemala|Guatemala]] that committed genocide against indigenous peoples, as well as the far-right [[Contras]] in [[Republic of Nicaragua|Nicaragua]].<ref>{{Web citation|newspaper=[[Red Phoenix]]|title=The Real Reagan|date=2011-06-22|url=https://theredphoenixapl.org/2011/06/22/the-real-reagan/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210126023731/https://theredphoenixapl.org/2011/06/22/the-real-reagan/|archive-date=2021-01-26|retrieved=2022-08-21}}</ref>

==References==
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[[Category:Neoliberals]]
[[Category:Politicians in the United States]]
[[Category:Reactionaries]]
[[Category:Statesians of Canadian descent]]
[[Category:Statesians of English descent]]
[[Category:Statesians of Irish descent]]
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[[Category:Anti-communists]]
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Ukraine

2024-03-20T00:50:03Z

ComradeMaxine: Describing Ukraine as a "Unitary Nazi Republic" is probably a bad look for Prolewiki. We have to think of how that looks to people. Ukraine is a dictatorship of the bourgeoise supports and arms neo nazis, just like every other western/western aligned nation.

{{Infobox country|name=Ukraine|native_name=Україна|image_flag=Flag of Ukraine.svg|image_map=Ukraine map disputed.png|map_width=260|map_caption=Claimed territories controlled by Russia in light green. Claims are recognized by the UN.|official_languages=Ukrainian|largest_city=Kyiv|image_coat=Ukrainian coat of arms.svg|capital=Kyiv|government_type=Dictatorship of the Bourgeoise|mode_of_production=[[Capitalism]]|leader_title1=President|leader_name1=[[Volodymyr Zelensky]]|leader_title2=Prime Minister|leader_name2=Denys Shmyhal|area_km2=603,628|population_estimate=41,487,960|established_event1=Secession from USSR|established_date1=1991 August 24|established_event2=[[Orange Revolution]]|established_date2=22 November 2004|established_event3=[[Euromaidan coup]]|established_date3=2014 February 22}}
'''Ukraine''' is a country in [[Eastern Europe]]. It has previously been part of [[Russian Empire (1721–1917)|Russian Empire]] and the [[Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (1922–1991)|USSR]] as the [[Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic (1919–1991)|Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic]]. Ukraine, together with [[Republic of Belarus|Belarus]] and the leadership of the then [[Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic (1917–1991)|RSFSR]] played a central role in the dissolution of the USSR.

Current [[Socialism|socialist]] and [[Communism|communist]] political parties in Ukraine include the [[Communist Party of Ukraine]] and the [[Union of Communists of Ukraine]].

== History ==

=== Early history ===
[[Crown of the Kingdom of Poland|Poland]] and [[Grand Duchy of Lithuania|Lithuania]] began annexing parts of what is now Ukraine in the 14th century and completed the annexation in 1569. [[Russian Tsardom|Russia]] and Poland partitioned the region in 1667. In the late 18th century, Russia conquered most of Poland, including Ukraine, while [[Austrian Empire|Austria]] occupied Western Galicia.<ref name=":02">{{Citation|author=Albert Szymanski|year=1984|title=Human Rights in the Soviet Union|chapter=The European Nationalities in the USSR|page=83–84|pdf=https://cloudflare-ipfs.com/ipfs/bafykbzaceazdmtb2y3qq27fve5ib3gk7uv2unt6ae2xss74xmfpur7k5uhl5m?filename=Albert%20Szymanski%20-%20Human%20Rights%20in%20the%20Soviet%20Union_%20Including%20Comparisons%20with%20the%20U.S.A.-Zed%20Books%20Ltd.%20%281984%29.pdf|city=London|publisher=Zed Books Ltd|isbn=0862320186|lg=https://libgen.rs/book/index.php?md5=C597B1232D9EA6B0F3DCB438D7E15A81}}</ref>

=== Russian revolution and civil war ===
In January 1918, Ukraine declared independence, forming the [[Ukrainian National Republic (1917–1920)|Ukrainian National Republic]], and allowed [[German Empire (1871–1918)|German]] and [[Austro-Hungarian Monarchy (1867–1918)|Austrian]] troops to enter and expel the [[Workers' and Peasants' Red Army|Red Army]]. In 1919 and 1920, there was a civil war between communists, [[White Army|monarchists]], [[Ukrainian Free Territory|anarchists]], nationalists, and invading [[Republic of Poland (1918–1939)|Polish]] forces. A peace treaty in 1921 ceded the western third of Ukraine to Poland, but Polish forces were defeated in the east.<ref name=":02" />

=== Soviet era ===
The concept of Ukraine has only come into being since the beginning of the Soviet Union, when the Soviet government decided to unite what had previously been nine separate districts in the Russian Empire. The region was named after the term "Ukraine" ("borderlands" in Russian). Much of the western part of Ukraine was part of Poland, annexed for the first time into either Russia or Ukraine during the [[Second World War]]. In 1922, the Ukrainian SSR joined the Soviet Union as one of its four original republics.

In 1939, the Soviet Union occupied western Ukraine to prevent it from being invaded by [[German Reich (1933–1945)|Nazi Germany]]. The [[Fascism|fascist]] [[Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists]] fought against the Soviet Union during the war and continued some armed actions until the early 1950s.<ref name=":02" /> Between 10 and 13 million Ukrainians died during the war, and Germany [[Slavery|enslaved]] 2.2–2.5 million more.<ref>{{Web citation|author=Ron Ridenour|newspaper=[[CovertAction Magazine]]|title=Does Iceland Set Benchmark for Peaceful and Politically Engaged People?|date=2022-06-17|url=https://covertactionmagazine.com/2022/06/17/does-iceland-set-benchmark-for-peaceful-and-politically-engaged-people/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220702055647/https://covertactionmagazine.com/2022/06/17/does-iceland-set-benchmark-for-peaceful-and-politically-engaged-people/|archive-date=2022-07-02|retrieved=2023-01-07}}</ref>

[[Crimea]] was incorporated into Ukraine for the first time in 1954, after having been in the [[Russian SFSR]] since the start of the Soviet Union, and having been part of different districts since before even the Tsardom.

=== Transition to capitalism ===
On 24 August 1991, the Ukrainian SSR seceded from the Soviet Union.<ref>{{News citation|date=1991-08-24|title=Act of Declaration of Independence of Ukraine|newspaper=Verkhnovna Rada of Ukraine|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930203430/http://gska2.rada.gov.ua:7777/site/postanova_eng/Rres_Declaration_Independence_rev12.htm|archive-date=2009-09-30}}</ref> After seceding, [[Leonid Kuchma]] and [[Leonid Kravchuk]] began mass privatization programs.<ref name=":0">{{Web citation|author=Evan Reif|newspaper=[[CovertAction Magazine]]|title=What the U.S. Government and The New York Times Have Quietly Agreed Not to Tell You About Ukraine|date=2022-07-29|url=https://covertactionmagazine.com/2022/07/29/what-the-u-s-government-and-the-new-york-times-have-quietly-agreed-not-to-tell-you-about-ukraine/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220804035237/https://covertactionmagazine.com/2022/07/29/what-the-u-s-government-and-the-new-york-times-have-quietly-agreed-not-to-tell-you-about-ukraine/|archive-date=2022-08-04|retrieved=2022-08-06}}</ref> Their neoliberal policies decreased life expectancy by three years, which did not recover until 2010,<ref>{{Citation|author=United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division|year=2019|title=World Population Prospects 2019, Online Edition|title-url=https://population.un.org/wpp/Download/Files/1_Indicators%20(Standard)/EXCEL_FILES/3_Mortality/WPP2019_MORT_F07_1_LIFE_EXPECTANCY_0_BOTH_SEXES.xlsx|publisher=United Nations}}</ref> and poverty increased from 2% in the late 1980s to 63% in the mid-1990s.<ref>{{Citation|author=Branko Milanovic|year=1998|title=Income, Inequality and Poverty during the Transition from Planned to Market Economy|pdf=https://web.archive.org/web/20160321231809/https://www.gc.cuny.edu/CUNY_GC/media/CUNY-Graduate-Center/PDF/Centers/LIS/Milanovic/papers/Income_ineq_poverty_book.pdf|city=Washington, D.C.|publisher=World Bank}}</ref>

The Communist Party of Ukraine won elections in 1994 and 1998, but Kuchma and Kravchuk kept them out of power with support from [[North Atlantic Treaty Organization|NATO]] and [[Boris Yeltsin]]. Kuchma proposed over 6,000 changes to the constitution and threatened to dissolve parliament if the Communist Party did not agree to the changes. Kuchma rigged the 1999 election to stay in power and convinced factions of the CPU to split.<ref name=":0" />

=== Orange Revolution ===
[[Viktor Yushchenko]] won the 2002 presidential election as part of the [[Our Ukraine]] coalition, which included the far-right [[Congress of Ukrainian Nationalists]]. Yushchenko was backed by the [[United States of America|United States]] and wanted Ukraine to join NATO as quickly as possible. Viktor Yanukovych won the 2004 election by a narrow margin. [[Orange Revolution|Protests]] began against Yanukovych, which were supported by oligarchs such as [[Petro Poroshenko]] and [[Yulia Tymoshenko]], and the Ukrainian constitutional court ordered a redo of the election. [[John McCain]], [[Henry Kissinger]], and [[Zbigniew Brzeziński|Zbigniew Brzezinski]] visited Kyiv and supported Yushchenko. Yushchenko won the second round of the election and took power.<ref name=":0" />

=== 2008 financial crisis ===
During the [[Great Recession|2008 financial crisis]], Russia cut gas supplies to Ukraine, unemployment tripled, and many bank failed. Yushchenko's popularity rate dropped to only 5%. Yanukovych and his [[Party of Regions]] won 48% of the vote in 2010, and Yulia Tymoshenko won 45%.<ref name=":0" />

=== 2014 coup d'état ===
[[File:Euromaidan building.png|thumb|Trade union building in Odessa destroyed in the 2014 coup]]
[[File:Ukronazis.png|thumb|[[Neo-Nazism|Neo-Nazis]] in Kiev]]
In 2014, the [[International Monetary Fund|IMF]] asked Ukraine to raise taxes and cut social spending. Yanukovych's government refused because the changes could cause hundreds of thousands of people to lose their jobs.<ref name=":0" />

In 2014, the United States of America helped finance and arm the [[2014 Ukrainian coup d'etat|Euromaidan coup d'état]] to overthrow the government of Ukraine, because of its allegiance to [[Russian Federation|Russia]]. As a result there has been a subsequent rise of [[Neo-Nazism|Nazism]] in Ukraine, especially in the government of Ukraine, two regions ([[Donetsk People's Republic|Donetsk]] and [[Luhansk People's Republic|Luhansk]]) have seceded to form their own governments, and Crimea has voted to rejoin the Russian Federation. After the coup, the Ukrainian government banned communist symbols, and anyone who sings the [[State Anthem of the Soviet Union|anthem of the USSR]] may be sent to prison for up to five years.<ref>{{News citation|journalist=Alec Luhn|date=2015-05-21|title=Ukraine bans Soviet symbols and criminalises sympathy for communism|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/may/21/ukraine-bans-soviet-symbols-criminalises-sympathy-for-communism|newspaper=The Guardian|archive-url=|archive-date=|retrieved=2012-12-30}}</ref> The coup led to reduced social spending in Ukraine and increase of over 400% in the military budget.<ref>{{Web citation|author=John Ross|newspaper=[[Tricontinental]]|title=The United States Is Waging a New Cold War: A Socialist Perspective|date=2022-09-13|url=https://thetricontinental.org/the-united-states-is-waging-a-new-cold-war-a-socialist-perspective/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221104225555/https://thetricontinental.org/the-united-states-is-waging-a-new-cold-war-a-socialist-perspective/|archive-date=2022-11-04|retrieved=2022-11-19}}</ref>

=== 2022 Russo-Ukrainian conflict ===
{{Main article|2022 Russo-Ukrainian conflict}}
In 2022, Ukraine banned the Communist Party of Ukraine and ordered the seizure of its funds and assets.<ref>{{News citation|newspaper=[[In Defense of Communism]]|title=Ukraine court confirms ban on the Communist Party, orders its property's seizure|date=2022-07-06|url=http://www.idcommunism.com/2022/07/ukraine-court-confirms-ban-on-communist-party-orders-its-property-seizure.html|retrieved=2022-07-06}}</ref> In September 2022, the Donetsk and Lugansk regions and the Ukrainian oblasts of Kherson and Zaporozhye voted to join [[Russian Federation|Russia]].<ref>{{Web citation|author=Wayne Cristaudo|newspaper=The Postil Magazine|title=The Narrative of Sham Elections|date=2022-11-01|url=https://www.thepostil.com/the-narrative-of-sham-elections/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221117121827/https://www.thepostil.com/the-narrative-of-sham-elections/|archive-date=2022-11-17|retrieved=2022-12-01}}</ref>

== Foreign relations ==
From the genesis of the new Ukrainian state in 1991 to 2014, the government of Ukraine held a relatively neutral status.

From the coup in 2014 to the present, the government in Ukraine has been within NATO's sphere of influence.

=== Biological weapons research ===
In 2005, Ukraine signed an agreement for the [[United States Department of Defense|USA Department of Defense]] to control various biological research facilities in Ukraine.<ref>{{News citation|title=AGREEMENT between the DoD and the Ministry of Health of Ukraine|url=https://www.state.gov/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/05-829-Ukraine-Weapons.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220303132406/https://www.state.gov/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/05-829-Ukraine-Weapons.pdf}}</ref> Since then the USA's military has opened 26 biological research facilities in Ukraine.<ref>{{News citation|date=08-Mar-2022|title=China urges U.S. to disclose more details about biolabs in Ukraine|url=https://news.cgtn.com/news/2022-03-08/China-urges-U-S-to-disclose-details-about-biolabs-in-Ukraine-18eA7VpwQRG/index.html|newspaper=CGTN}}</ref><ref>{{News citation|author=[[Regis Tremblay]] and [[Vladimir Kozin]]|newspaper=[[Regis Tremblay]]|title=Russia Demands Answers on US Biolabs in Ukraine - The Narrative is Crumbling|date=2022-06-14|url=https://youtu.be/p1mbjqoVkTA}}</ref>

The Security Service of Ukraine denied the existence of such research facilities in 2020<ref>{{News citation|date=May 8, 2020|title=SBU: No US biological laboratories in Ukraine|url=https://www.kyivpost.com/ukraine-politics/sbu-no-us-biological-laboratories-in-ukraine.html}}</ref>, before their existence being later confirmed by USA Under Secretary [[Victoria Nuland]].<ref>{{News citation|date=09-Mar-2022|title=U.S. acknowledges existence of bio research facilities in Ukraine|url=https://news.cgtn.com/news/2022-03-09/U-S-acknowledges-existence-of-bio-research-facilities-in-Ukraine-18gyZt3PWww/index.html|newspaper=CGTN}}</ref>

== Soviet nostalgia ==
{{Main article|Communist nostalgia}}
Despite the anti-communist laws, many people say life was better under socialism. Only 30% of Ukrainian's supported the change to a multiparty system and less than a quarter believe that the dissolution of the Soviet Union was good for Ukraine.<ref>{{News citation|journalist=Neli Esipova, Julie Ray|date=2013-12-19|title=Former Soviet Countries See More Harm From Breakup|url=https://news.gallup.com/poll/166538/former-soviet-countries-harm-breakup.aspx|newspaper=Gallup|archive-url=|archive-date=|retrieved=2021-12-30}}</ref><ref>{{Citation|author=|year=2009|title=End of Communism Cheered but Now with More Reservations|chapter=|section=|page=|quote=|pdf=|city=|publisher=|isbn=|doi=|lg=|mia=|title-url=https://www.pewresearch.org/global/2009/11/02/end-of-communism-cheered-but-now-with-more-reservations/|chapter-url=|trans-title=|trans-lang=}}</ref> Ukrainian communist leaders have been arrested and are likely to be executed by the anti-communist Kiev regime.<ref>{{News citation|journalist=C. J. Atkins|date=2022-03-07|title=Ukrainian Communist youth leaders arrested by government, reportedly targeted for death|url=https://www.peoplesworld.org/article/ukrainian-communist-youth-leaders-reportedly-arrested-by-government-targeted-for-death/|newspaper=[[People's World]]}}</ref>

== History ==
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United Arab Emirates

2024-03-19T22:50:32Z

ComradeMaxine: Added brief summary of slavery within UAE

{{Infobox country|name=United Arab Emirates|native_name=الْإِمَارَات الْعَرَبِيَة الْمُتَحِدَة|image_flag=Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg|image_coat=Emblem of the United Arab Emirates.svg|capital=Abu Dhabi|largest_city=Dubai|mode_of_production=[[Capitalism]]|government_type=Monarchy|leader_title1=President|leader_name1=Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan|image_map=United Arab Emirates map.svg|map_width=260|official_languages=Arabic|area_km2=83,600|population_estimate=9,282,410|population_estimate_year=2020}}

The '''United Arab Emirates''' ('''UAE''') is a country in [[Western Asia]]. Since 2015, it has supported the [[United States of America|U.S.]] and [[Kingdom of Saudi Arabia|Saudi]] bombing of [[Republic of Yemen|Yemen]].<ref>{{Web citation|date=2022-02-20|title=US-Saudi war on Yemen has killed 377,000 people – UN estimate|url=https://geopoliticaleconomy.com/2022/02/20/us-saudi-war-yemen-377000-deaths-un/|newspaper=[[Geopolitical Economy Report]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230410174459/https://geopoliticaleconomy.com/2022/02/20/us-saudi-war-yemen-377000-deaths-un/|archive-date=2023-04-10|retrieved=2023-04-20|author=[[Ben Norton]]}}</ref>

== Slavery ==
=== Slave Labor ===
Instances of slave labor have been widely reported for decades in all gulf states, including the United Arab Emirates. Migrant workers, mainly from south Asia, are lured to the UAE by promises of high wages and good working conditions only to have their passports seized and wages routinely withheld. Those enslaved have little to no legal rights or methods of voicing concerns within the UAE, as strikes and unionizing are both banned within the country.<ref>{{Web citation|newspaper=International Trade Union Confederation|title=End Slavery in the UAE|date=2022|url=https://petitions.ituc-csi.org/end-slavery-uae|retrieved=2024-03-19}}</ref>

=== Sexual Slavery and Abuse ===
In addition to slave labor, sexual slavery is widespread throughout the UAE, with the majority of victims again being migrants. Tens of thousands of Eastern European women work as prostitutes in Dubai alone, having been forced into the trade either by trafficking or by economic conditions caused by the dissolution of the [[Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (1922–1991)|Soviet Union]]. <ref>{{Web citation|author=Margot Hornblower Paris|newspaper=TIME|title=The Skin Trade|date=2001-06-24|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070501171440/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1101930621-161939,00.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070501171440/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1101930621-161939,00.html|archive-date=2007-05-01|retrieved=2024-03-19}}</ref><ref>{{Web citation|author=William Butler|newspaper=The Guardian|title=Why Dubai's Islamic austerity is a sham - sex is for sale in every bar|date=2010-05-15|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2010/may/16/dubai-sex-tourism-prostitution|retrieved=2024-03-19}}</ref>

Additionally, the roughly 150,000 female domestic migrant laborers within the UAE are also subject to enslavement and sexual abuse from their employers. Rape and sexual assault is frequently reported, in addition to the seizing of passports and other abuses frequently suffered by migrants.<ref>{{Web citation|newspaper=Human Rights Watch|title=“I Already Bought You” Abuse and Exploitation of Female Migrant Domestic Workers in the United Arab Emirates|date=2014|url=https://www.hrw.org/sites/default/files/reports/uae1014_forUpload.pdf|retrieved=2024-03-19}}</ref>

== References ==
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[[Category:Asian countries]]