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A British aircraft carrier in 2003
DEFENCE Secretary Penny Mordaunt must not scrap human rights law if Britain goes to war in the future, a leading campaign group warned today.
Civil rights group Liberty warned the Tory MP: “War is not a legal black hole.”
The stern rebuke came as Ms Mordaunt declared to reporters that she wanted to “close down litigation” against British troops.
From 35,000 troops in Talisman Sabre war games to HMS Spey provocations in the Taiwan Strait, Labour continues Tory militarisation — all while claiming to uphold ‘one China’ diplomatic agreements from 1972, reports KENNY COYLE
As the cover-ups collapse, IAN SINCLAIR looks at the shocking testimony from British forces who would ‘go in and shoot everyone sleeping there’ during night raids — illegal, systematic murder spawned by an illegal invasion
ANSELM ELDERGILL draws attention to a legal case on Tuesday in which a human rights group is challenging the government’s decision to allow the sale of weapons used against Palestinians