Twitter and the Law of War
NATO has disclosed some ways they use twitter according to a report released by AFP. NATO has made three statements regarding their use of Twitter. Firstly Wing Commander Mike Bracken has stated that...
View ArticleECHR in landmark judgement – military accountable for human rights abuses
The European Court of Human Rights has (7 july 2011) delivered two important rulings. The first judgement was in regard to the responsibility of the UK to carry out effective investigations into the...
View ArticleNATO bombs the Great Man-Made River
It is a war crime to attack essential civilian infrastructure. 95% of Libya is desert and 70% of Libyans depend on water which is piped in from the Nubian Sandstone Aquifer System under the southern...
View ArticleNATO bombs health clinic in Zlitan, Libya
NATO jets have been attacking food stores and destroyed a health clinic in Zlitan. The CNN report by Ivan Watson and Jomana Karadsheh from Zlitan, a town half-way between Tripoli and Misrata provides...
View ArticleNATO protects more civilians in Zlitan – by killing them
Mohamed and Motez al-Mrabet, ages 5 and 3 and their mother Ibtisam were killed by RAF / NATO bombs in Zlitan on Thurday. CNN reports that at the funeral Abubakr Ali watched volunteers carefully bury...
View ArticleColonel Gaddafi captured and killed
Colonel Muammar al-Gaddafi was reportedly captured and shot dead 20 October. As the evidence below shows the Libyan leader and his son Mutassim were summarily executed by the rebels, sharing the fate...
View ArticleResponsibility to protect: the liberation of Sirte
According to NATO figures, coalition aircraft delivered 415 key strikes on the town of Sirte between Sunday 28th August and Thursday 20th October. We have compared this to the bombing of Guernica and...
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