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UK: Parliament’s human rights committee to investigate lethal drone strikes

30 October 2015

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"The prime minister’s policy of ordering targeted drone killings overseas outside designated war zones is to be scrutinised in the first inquiry launched by the new chair of parliament’s human rights committee."

See the article: Parliament’s human rights committee to investigate lethal drone strikes (The Guardian, link)

And see: MPs right to push for answers over Government’s kill policy (Reprieve, link), also: UK to double drone fleet and boost SAS kit in fight against Isis militants (International Business Times, link)

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