UK drone personnel could be liable for war crimes
MEMO | July 17, 2018
A two-year probe by the All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on drones claims that British military personnel could be prosecuted for murder and complicit in alleged war crimes, a report launched today reveals.
The inquiry – ‘The UK’s use of Armed Drones: Working with Partners’ – received 17 written evidence submissions and conducted six oral evidence sessions by experts in the field. Some 19 recommendations were put forward to “guarantee a solid foundation for UK drone policy and operations moving forward”.
The inquiry called upon the British government to immediately publish its “targeted killing” policy, just as the United States and Israel have done previously, but more importantly to establish “an independent scrutiny mechanism responsible to Parliament in the event that any UK drone (armed or unarmed) is used in an operation where lethal force is employed,” the report said.
Currently, all drone strikes involving civilian casualties and cases where British nationals have been killed go without any transparency or accountability.
The report raises concern that the ongoing uncertainty about government policy may leave front-line British personnel in considerable doubt about whether what they are being asked to do is lawful, therefore exposing them to the risk of criminal prosecution for murder or complicity in murder.
The UK’s military engagement in Syria and Iraq since 2014 against Daesh “raised some serious questions about the legality, efficacy, and strategic coherence” of the British targeted killing programme. “The APPG argues that there is a political and ethical imperative for the government to review and clarify its procedures for using drones and all the multi-national systems that back them up, lest ambiguities in the current position leave the UK dangerously exposed to legal challenges arising either from its own direct use of drones, or effective complicity in their use by others”, the report said.
Parliament’s concerns about the legality of the drone programme began in 2015, when a British drone targeted two British nationals, Reyaad Khan and Ruhul Amin. The killings took place in Syria, at a time when military action was not mandated by the British Parliament. Rights Watch UK, a British human rights organisation working for a just and accountable security, requested the disclosure of the legal basis for targeting British citizens abroad.
Top secret documents attained by the American news website, The Intercept, revealed that Menwith Hill Station, based in North Yorkshire in England, is being used to track and pass on intelligence information to the United States for drone strikes. Complicity in US drone strikes has raised questions over unlawful killings.
The UK is working with partners around the globe, sharing intelligence and collaborating on operational missions. Middle Eastern states are also involved in the killing programme, including Qatar.
Share this:
- Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)
- Click to email this to a friend (Opens in new window)
- Click to print (Opens in new window)
- Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)
- More
- Click to share on Skype (Opens in new window)
- Click to share on Pocket (Opens in new window)
- Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window)
- Click to share on Telegram (Opens in new window)
- Click to share on Pinterest (Opens in new window)
- Click to share on Tumblr (Opens in new window)
- Click to share on WhatsApp (Opens in new window)
- Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window)
Related
July 17, 2018 - Posted by aletho | Timeless or most popular, War Crimes | UK
3 Comments »
Leave a Reply Cancel reply
This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.
Featured Video
Perspectives on the Pandemic #13
For more videos go to the Aletho News – Video Category
or go to
Aletho News Archives – Video-Images
From the Archives
Dumping contaminated water from Fukushima plant into ocean – the lesser evil?
By Vladimir Odintsov – New Eastern Outlook – 11.03.2020
… It is no secret that leakages of Fukushima water into the ocean earlier on have already resulted in serious environmental problems, i.e. deposits of Cesium-137 on sandy beaches at a considerable distance from the plant. They were brought there by the current. This was discovered in September 2017 (i.e. six and a half years after the nuclear accident), when researchers from the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (USA) studied soil samples from a vast area around the nuclear power plant. The only saving grace was the fact that the region in question was uninhabited and there was no risk of radiation exposure.
There was another rather unpleasant incident for the Japanese authorities in 2018, when the owner of the Fukushima Daiichi NPP, the Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO), was forced to apologize after admitting that its systems used to filter the water discharged into the ocean did not remove all hazardous materials from it. … continue
About Aletho News’ Name
Blog Roll
Visits Since December 2009
- 4,439,605 hits
Looking for something?
Archives
Calendar
Categories
Aletho News Civil Liberties Corruption Deception Economics Environmentalism Ethnic Cleansing, Racism, Zionism Fake News False Flag Terrorism Full Spectrum Dominance Illegal Occupation Mainstream Media, Warmongering Militarism Nuclear Power Progressive Hypocrite Russophobia Science and Pseudo-Science Solidarity and Activism Subjugation - Torture Supremacism, Social Darwinism Timeless or most popular Video War Crimes Wars for IsraelTags
9/11 Afghanistan Africa AIPAC al-Qaeda Argentina Australia BBC Benjamin Netanyahu Bolivia Brazil Canada Central Intelligence Agency China CIA CNN Colombia Covid-19 COVID-19 Vaccine Da’esh Donald Trump Egypt European Union Facebook FBI France Gaza Germany Google Hamas Hebron Hezbollah Hillary Clinton Human rights India Iran Iraq ISIS Israel Israeli settlement Japan Jerusalem John Kerry Korea Latin America Lebanon Libya Middle East National Security Agency NATO New York Times North Korea NSA Obama Pakistan Palestine Qatar Russia Sanctions against Iran Saudi Arabia Syria The Guardian Turkey Twitter UAE UK Ukraine United Nations United States USA Venezuela Washington Post West Bank Yemen ZionismRecent Comments
ontogram on The Israeli People Committee’s… brianharryaustralia on Latest Skirmish with Syria Sho… brianharryaustralia on Who Wags the Dog? Israel’s Fri… brianharryaustralia on Interventionist Hypocrisy on U… michael on Who Wags the Dog? Israel’s Fri… roberthstiver on Israel official calls for exec… michael on Latest Skirmish with Syria Sho… traducteur on Latest Skirmish with Syria Sho… Martillo on Israel official calls for exec… Martillo on The Covidian Cult (Part I… Val on Scientists Say Summer Covid Su… artsychic2000 on Scientists Say Summer Covid Su…
Aletho News
- Johnson’s proposed spy-law reveals an unsustainable double standard in how dissent is treated at home and abroad April 23, 2021
- Putin keeps the door open for diplomacy with the US; too bad it’s falling on deaf ears April 23, 2021
- Feds On Vitamins and COVID: Shut Up or Pay Up! April 22, 2021
- Vaccine Makers Destroy COVID Vaccine Safety Studies April 22, 2021
- The Israeli People Committee’s April Report on the lethal impact of vaccinations April 22, 2021
- Who Wags the Dog? Israel’s Friends in Washington Mean Constant War in the Middle East April 22, 2021
- OPCW ignores critics of its cover-up, imposes sanctions on Syria April 22, 2021
- The Iranian Nuclear Program and the Current International Agenda April 22, 2021
- Latest Skirmish with Syria Shows Israel Is Much Weaker Than It Looks April 22, 2021
- Perspectives on the Pandemic #13 April 22, 2021
- How the US is Creating Trouble Around Russia April 22, 2021
- Interventionist Hypocrisy on U.S. Deaths in Afghanistan April 22, 2021
- As demand for natural gas skyrockets in booming China, Russia says it’s ready to meet Beijing’s needs April 21, 2021
- Airlines Won’t Call Digital ID A ‘Vaccine Passport’ Because “It Carries Too Many Connotations” April 21, 2021
- Mandatory Covid Mass-Jabbing of Students at Columbia College, Chicago April 21, 2021
- Scientists Say Summer Covid Surge Is Likely – Pull The Other One April 21, 2021
- Covid’s IFR just keeps DROPPING April 21, 2021
- The Covidian Cult (Part II) April 21, 2021
OffGuardian
- The Covidian Cult (Part II) April 22, 2021
- Covid’s IFR just keeps DROPPING April 21, 2021
- WATCH: Perspectives on the Pandemic #13 April 20, 2021
Consent Factory
- The Covidian Cult (Part II) April 21, 2021
Richie Allen
- Woman’s Legs Erupt In Painful Blood Blisters After AstraZeneca Jab April 22, 2021
- Vaccine Passports Will Be In Use As Early As May 17th April 22, 2021
- Vaccine Rollout Reaches Group 16 – Baldy Gammons April 21, 2021
- Scientists Say Summer Covid Surge Is Likely – Pull The Other One April 21, 2021
If Americans Knew
- In Memoriam: Legendary Leaders Lost in 2021 April 22, 2021
- Another case of “vast fraud” in Israel’s ever-shady binary options industry April 20, 2021
- Palestinian ingenuity makes it to Mars April 20, 2021
Not A Lot Of People Know That
- Telegraph Wakes Up To The Cost Of Climate Agenda April 22, 2021
- Electric Cars Remain A Luxury Purchase April 22, 2021
- New report reviews the state of extreme weather in 2020 April 22, 2021
Sebastian Rushworth M.D.
- The ministry of bodies April 21, 2021
More Links
Contact:
atheonews (at) gmail.comDisclaimer
This site is provided as a research and reference tool. Although we make every reasonable effort to ensure that the information and data provided at this site are useful, accurate, and current, we cannot guarantee that the information and data provided here will be error-free. By using this site, you assume all responsibility for and risk arising from your use of and reliance upon the contents of this site.
This site and the information available through it do not, and are not intended to constitute legal advice. Should you require legal advice, you should consult your own attorney.
Nothing within this site or linked to by this site constitutes investment advice or medical advice.
Materials accessible from or added to this site by third parties, such as comments posted, are strictly the responsibility of the third party who added such materials or made them accessible and we neither endorse nor undertake to control, monitor, edit or assume responsibility for any such third-party material.
The posting of stories, commentaries, reports, documents and links (embedded or otherwise) on this site does not in any way, shape or form, implied or otherwise, necessarily express or suggest endorsement or support of any of such posted material or parts therein.
The word “alleged” is deemed to occur before the word “fraud.” Since the rule of law still applies. To peasants, at least.
Fair Use
This site contains copyrighted material the use of which has not always been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. We are making such material available in our efforts to advance understanding of environmental, political, human rights, economic, democracy, scientific, and social justice issues, etc. We believe this constitutes a ‘fair use’ of any such copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the US Copyright Law. In accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. Section 107, the material on this site is distributed without profit to those who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information for research and educational purposes. For more info go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml. If you wish to use copyrighted material from this site for purposes of your own that go beyond ‘fair use’, you must obtain permission from the copyright owner.
DMCA Contact
This is information for anyone that wishes to challenge our “fair use” of copyrighted material.
If you are a legal copyright holder or a designated agent for such and you believe that content residing on or accessible through our website infringes a copyright and falls outside the boundaries of “Fair Use”, please send a notice of infringement by contacting atheonews@gmail.com.
We will respond and take necessary action immediately.
If notice is given of an alleged copyright violation we will act expeditiously to remove or disable access to the material(s) in question.
All 3rd party material posted on this website is copyright the respective owners / authors. Aletho News makes no claim of copyright on such material.
Can anyone think of examples where millitary personnel refused illegal orders? I’m reminded of the Vietnam era phrase: “Suppose they gave a war and nobody came.”
LikeLike
With drone programs the military has substantially removed the potential for fragging type incidents.
LikeLike
Why shouldn’t they be held accountable?
LikeLike