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Britain’s role in the death & injury of Yemeni civilians
Above: typical of the destruction wrought by coalition air strikes July – December 2020 After taking the UK government to court over its arms sales to the Saudis, the latest CAAT newsletter (Issue 258 Winter 2020) recalls that in July … Continue reading
Posted in Civilian deaths, International law, Saudi Arabia., UK, UN, Yemen
Tagged Arms trade, Bill Nighy, CAAT, Defence, Exports, Finance, Foreign policy, G20, Government 2020, Houthi militia, Houthis, Manufacturing, Military matters, Saudi Arabia., Taxpayers' money, UN Group of Eminent International and Regional Experts on Yemen, UN Security Council, United Nations report, war crimes, warfare
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The Drone Wars website
Whereas this Airstrikes site has just reported on drone killings and latterly on airstrikes, the Drone Wars site analyses in detail the impact and (im)morality of the use of armed drones. Summarised here are some of the points made in … Continue reading
The UN Special Rapporteur’s report on armed drones and targeted killing
In the UK Defence Journal, George Allison reviews a new report on armed drones and targeted killing for the UN Human Rights Council produced by Agnes Callamard (right), the UN’s Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions. She outlined recommendations to … Continue reading
Posted in Afghanistan, drones, Iran, Libya, Palestine, Syria, UK, UN, US-led coalition
Tagged Agnes Callamard, Chris Cole, Christoff Heyns, General Soleimani, George Allison, Special Operations forces, State armed drone, UK Defence Journal, UN Charter, UN Human Rights Council, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo
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A German court has taken the first step to ensure a degree of accountability for unlawful US drone strikes
Will UK, Italy, and the Netherlands follow suit? In March 2019, the Higher Administrative Court of North Rhine-Westphalia in Münster heard lawyers representing Faisal bin ali Jaber (right), a Yemeni engineer and two relatives in their case against the Federal Republic of … Continue reading
Drone-related arms control treaties fail to prevent proliferation in the Middle East
As concerns rise about increasing the domestic use of drones for surveillance or commercial purposes, risking terrorism, accidents due to inclement weather and mid-air collisions, the Royal United Services Institute (RUSI), an independent think tank engaged in defence and security … Continue reading
British mainstrean media downplays Britain’s role in the latest Yemeni killing
Today, the BBC reports that UN Group of Regional and International Eminent Experts on Yemen will present a report to the UN Human Rights Council next month. It says that the experts believe war crimes may have been committed by … Continue reading
Posted in Civilian deaths, International law, Pentagon, UK, UN, Yemen
Tagged Arms trade, bomb, CNN, Corporate-political nexus, Democracy undermined, Foreign policy, Government, Military matters, Pentagon, Saudi Arabia., UN, warfare, Yemen
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Despite international condemnation, our ‘special friend’ continues to bomb civilians in fearful, hungry and cholera-ridden Yemen
On 6th August the Real Progressive Front reported that Saudi Arabia and its allies, neglecting all reports and admonitions, have killed 9 family members, including 4 children, at home by ‘haphazard’ coalition airstrikes. Reports indicate that the strikes targeted a residential … Continue reading
Sikander Ahmed Shah: first objective, halting drone strikes – the second, reparation
For years the legality of using armed drones has been challenged by individuals and organisations – as a search on this website will reveal. Another analyst, Sikander Ahmed Shah of Lahore University of Management Sciences, Department of Law and Policy reflected … Continue reading
Posted in Civilian deaths, International law, Pakistan, UN, Uncategorized
Tagged access to justice, Draft Articles on State Responsibility (DASR), extra-judicial killings, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Human rights, humanitarian law., Shamsi Air Base, the right to a fair trial
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The so-called ‘forgotten war’? Forgotten by the media who profit from the guilty aggressors – but highlighted by unsuborned journalists
Yesterday, the Today programme referred to this horror as a ‘forgotten war’ – but it has never been forgotten by investigative journalists like Felicity Arbuthnot, who has written in detail about the savage air strikes carried out carried out by … Continue reading
Mayhem! what we are we doing? Adding political to military strikes.“UN, US, UK devastation, complicity and double standards”
“Arms sales above flesh and blood, terror, heartbreak and humanity, every time” These words of journalist Felicity Arbuthnot reverberated as the writer belatedly discovered Josie Ensor’s report from Istanbul that a US air strike killed nearly 60 civilians, including children, … Continue reading
Posted in Civilian deaths, International law, Syria, UK, UN, Uncategorized, Yemen
Tagged arms exports, Felicity Arbuthnot, Josie Ensor, MP Crispin Blunt, Saudi Arabia.
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Armourers thrive by damaging people & planet 