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November 20, 2020

Australian war crimes inquiry should be followed by prosecutions

The inquiry found credible allegations that junior soldiers were required to shoot a prisoner to achieve the soldier’s first kill, in a practice that was known as 'blooding'.
October 23, 2020

#EndSARS protestors killed by military in Nigeria

At least 56 people have died since the protest began, with victims including protesters and people allegedly hired by the authorities to confront the protesters.
August 22, 2020

Military authorities in Mali must end arbitrary arrests, says Amnesty

All those arrested during the coup must be immediately released or charged with a recognisable criminal offence, says Amnesty.
July 28, 2019

Family of Private James Collinson end attempts to secure new inquest

Private James Collinson was one of four young soldiers to die at Deepcut Barracks between 1995 and 2002.
May 17, 2019

Proposed immunity for criminal acts by military a dangerous precedent, says Amnesty

Amnesty International says to exempt a certain group of people from facing justice would be a perversion of the law.
March 1, 2019

Coroner says MoD must do more to support troops suffering mental distress

The Coroner examining the deaths of two young soldiers found hanged at their base has said the Army can and must do more to encourage soldiers suffering mental distress to come forward for help.
May 8, 2018

Inquest begins into deaths of two soldiers at Army barracks

Inquest to begin into deaths of two young Afghanistan veterans amid fears of serious failings at Army barracks.
April 6, 2018

B'Tselem urges soldiers to refuse to shoot protestors in Gaza

Israeil human rights organisation B'Tselem is calling on Israel's soldiers to refuse to fire on unarmed demonstrators.
September 8, 2014

New report reveals sexual abuse by African Union Soldiers in Somalia

Soldiers from the African Union Mission in Somalia have sexually abused and exploited vulnerable Somali women and girls on their bases in Mogadishu, says Human Rights Watch
August 20, 2010

Tony Blair and the widow's mite

Looking a gift horse in the mouth is generally thought graceless and discourteous. But when the donor is a multi-millionaire ex-Prime Minister who took his country into a war of dubious legality and certain immorality, and the recipient is a charitable project for injured service personnel, the convention may justifiably be set aside.