The United Kingdom Ministry of Defense allowed its troops to conduct illegal bombing. This is stated in the secret document from 2016, which the Guardian newspaper learned.
British troops will be able to hold attacks including in the ranks of foreign detachments and in countries where there are no combat units of the United Kingdom. In addition, for the start of bombing, the military will not need to ask for the approval of the parliament.
“Perhaps [British troops] will even be involved in Pakistan and Yemen, where American drones were already seen … There are concerns that Britain, following the United States, will participate in illegal operations,” said the representative of the international charitable organization Reprieve Jennifer Gibson (Jennifer Gibson).
In 2013, Amnesty International’s international human rights organization accused the CIA in the illegal use of drones in Pakistan. Many of those who died as a result of shelling from the air were not even armed.
Human rights defenders from Human Rights Watch also accused the United States in illegal operations in Yemen.