UN says US strikes on alleged drug boats may be crimes against humanity
Summarised from 3 outlets · 4 reports · Updated 22 Sept, 14:50 · Archive
A UN investigator has said US attacks on alleged drug boats may constitute crimes against humanity.
The UN human rights council special rapporteur alleges that US forces have killed 223 people in 68 attacks in the Caribbean and the Pacific over the past year, and that these attacks were not acts of self-defence. The US justifies the strikes as necessary to prevent drugs entering the country.
How it is being reported
- Why United Nations says US boat strikes may be ‘crimes against humanity’Washington justifies the attacks as necessary to halt the flow of lethal drugs into the US.Al Jazeera · 22 Sept, 11:30
- US strikes on alleged drug boats may be ‘crimes against humanity’, UN saysUN expert says US forces have killed 223 people in 68 attacks in the Caribbean and the Pacific in the past year.Al Jazeera · 22 Sept, 04:52
- U.N. investigator: U.S. strikes on alleged drug boats may be crimes against humanityA special rapporteur for the U.N. human rights council said in a new briefing that U.S. attacks on alleged drug boats may be crimes against humanity.UPI · 21 Sept, 21:44
- US strikes on alleged drug boats could be crimes against humanity, says UNA report says the attacks, of which there have been at least 68, were not self-defence.BBC News · 21 Sept, 13:08
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