Overseas Operations Bill: The British government is preparing to break the law again – this time on torture | Military

A new bill plans to ignore conventions protecting both military and civilians in overseas operations, says former shadow attorney general Shami Chakrabarti
— Read on amp.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/sep/22/government-break-law-torture-bill-military-personnel-civilians-overseas-operations

https://www.express.co.uk/news/politics/1339243/jeremy-corbyn-labour-party-keir-starmer-house-of-commons-vote-uk-army

The Government's #OverseasOperationsBill is just the latest attempt to shield the powerful from accountability.

Preventing soldiers who risk their lives from bringing claims against their employer after just 6 years, it has no place on the statute book. https://t.co/1OlImjMQmv

— Liberty (@libertyhq) October 10, 2020

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