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‘War is not a legal black hole,’ Liberty warns rookie defence secretary
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.
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