Secrecy around UK military civilian harm ‘risks undermining public confidence’

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Source: theguardian.com
Secrecy around UK military civilian harm ‘risks undermining public confidence’

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The British government’s secrecy around how it tracks civilian deaths in UK military campaigns risks undermining public confidence in the process, a tribunal has found.

The UK has no published guidelines for how it reviews and assesses allegations that civilians have been killed or injured in an attack, unlike its closest ally, the US.

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