Category: War crimes

Ex-supreme court judge says ‘arguable case’ Israel’s conduct in Gaza is genocidal

Lord Sumption says Israel’s actions ‘grossly disproportionate’ and in new book points to suppression of free speech over Palestinian causeMiddle East crisis – live updatesA former UK supreme court judge...

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Britain’s system for controlling arms exports is broken, former diplomat claims

Ex-Foreign Office official says he saw conduct that ‘crossed the threshold into complicity with war crimes’Mark Smith: I saw illegality and complicity with war crimes. That’s why I quit the UK Foreign...

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Tugendhat condemns Tory rival over claim UK special forces ‘kill rather than capture terrorists’

Party leadership contender says Robert Jenrick’s remarks show ‘fundamental misunderstanding’ of law of warUK politics live – latest updatesThe former security minister Tom Tugendhat has criticised his...

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Labour must drop challenge over Netanyahu arrest warrant, says human rights chief

Yasmine Ahmed of Human Rights Watch says the UK should not challenge the international criminal court’s right to seek justice for alleged war crimesThe new UK government must withdraw Rishi Sunak’s legal challenge to...

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UK ‘tried to suppress criticism’ of alleged UAE role in arming Sudan’s RSF militia

Exclusive UK accused of trying to head off condemnation of Gulf ally over alleged aid to forces accused of genocide in DarfurUK government officials attempted to suppress criticism of the United Arab Emirates and its alleged...

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Spying, hacking and intimidation: Israel’s nine-year ‘war’ on the ICC exposed

Exclusive: Investigation reveals how intelligence agencies tried to derail war crimes prosecution, with Netanyahu ‘obsessed’ with interceptsRevealed: Israeli spy chief ‘threatened’ ICC prosecutor over war...

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UK accused by Amnesty of ‘deliberately destabilising’ human rights globally

Rights chief also warns Britain will be ‘judged harshly by history for its failure to help prevent civilian slaughter in Gaza’The UK has been accused by Amnesty International of “deliberately...

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UK Foreign Office holding secret talks with Sudan’s RSF paramilitary group

Exclusive: Rights groups denounce negotiations with Rapid Support Forces, accused of ethnic cleansing and war crimesInside South Sudan’s worsening refugee crisis – in picturesForeign Office officials are holding...

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Another former supreme court judge signs letter to Sunak on Gaza catastrophe

Signatories to letter warning PM over genocide and arming of Israel in breach of international law exceed 750A fourth former supreme court justice has put his name to a letter warning Rishi Sunak that the UK is breaching...

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