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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 Airstrikes, Civilian deaths, Human rights, International law, Pentagon, UK, UN, US, 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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The Ministry of Defence 1: MPs fear Britain is violating national and international law?
Lizzie Dearden reported (17th July) that a two-year probe by the All Party Parliamentary Group on Drones, chaired by Professor Michael Clarke, the former director-general of the Royal United Services Institute (Rusi), revealed: • that the number of operations facilitated … Continue reading
Posted in Airstrikes, Armed drones, Civilian deaths, Drone strikes, Human rights, International law, Iraq, Legal action, Pakistan, Somalia, Syria, UK, US, Yemen
Tagged combatant immunity, Professor Andrew Clarke, war crimes
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Britain’s war – denials wear thin: defence secretary now acknowledges civilian killing by RAF
Britain is at war with more than 1600 airstrikes in Syria and Iraq. Deborah Haynes, Defence Editor of the Times reports the killing of a civilian by RAF drone in Syria. The air strike was by a Reaper drone, remotely operated by … Continue reading
UK & US continue to honour and supply Saudi Arabia despite slaughter at weddings, funerals & in everyday life
Buckingham Palace 3rd August, 2017 The Duke of York this evening gave a Dinner at Buckingham Palace for Mr Yasir bin Othman Al-Rumayyan (Chief Executive, Public Investment Fund of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia). Haaretz reports another airstrike on 15th … Continue reading
Posted in Airstrikes, Civilian deaths, EU, Human rights, Saudi Arabia., UK, US, US government, Yemen
Tagged Airstrikes, arms exports, cholera, European Parliament, MEP Molly Scott Cato
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Britain, Saudi Arabia and America spend millions on execution without trial
The RAF has dropped about 3,500 bombs and missiles, which the BBC estimates has already cost £150m in munitions. Each Brimstone missile costs more than £100,000 and the RAF has already fired more than 350, according to the BBC estimate, … Continue reading
Posted in Afghanistan, Airstrikes, Civilian deaths, Human rights, Pentagon, Saudi Arabia., Somalia, UK, US, US government, Yemen
Tagged bombing campaign, famine, Islamic State, Killing civilians, RAF, UNAMA
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‘Friendly fire’: US Airstrike Hits Afghan police officers & MSF appeals for protection
On July 21st, the New York Times reported that an American airstrike in Afghanistan’s southern province of Helmand has killed several members of the Afghan security forces. The police have been struggling since 2014 as the resurgent Taliban militants have regained territory in … Continue reading
Posted in Afghanistan, Airstrikes, Civilian deaths, Friendly fire, US, US government, USA
Tagged Helmand, Medecins Sans Frontiers, Taliban
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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 Airstrikes, Armed drones, Civilian deaths, Drone strikes, Human rights, International law, Pakistan, UN, Uncategorized, US, US government
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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