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General Category => World News => Topic started by: rangerrebew on September 24, 2020, 11:14:11 am
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UK troops to be shielded from torture prosecutions under proposed law
The Overseas Operations Bill would protect British troops from murder or torture prosecutions once five years have passed since the alleged crime
By Ian Cobain
Published date: 23 September 2020 20:41 UTC | Last update: 14 hours 29 mins ago
Members of the UK parliament have voted to back a new law proposing to protect the country's servicemen and women from prosecution for murder or torture which occurred five years or more before an allegation is formally made.
The move has sparked concern among human rights groups and senior former soldiers that the law would damage the country's international reputation, encourage young service personnel to mistreat or kill prisoners, and possibly make it
more likely that some could be brought before the International Criminal Court in the Hague.
https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/uk-parliament-pushes-forward-bill-limit-torture-prosecutions (https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/uk-parliament-pushes-forward-bill-limit-torture-prosecutions)
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The ICC has become a geopolitical weapon. The UK would be wise to pull out of it and do as the US has, pass a law allowing the PM to limit/forbid ICC operatives' entry into the UK.