Human Rights of UK Troops Protected by Courts


	Human Rights of UK Troops Protected by Courts

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4-12-2008 4:15 AM

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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/09c7e011-0290-4725-823e-47741888bdb1/835D7ACB-7299-4186-9938-D8CA5AC591C2/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2008/apr/12/military.law?gusrc=rss&feed=worldnews" href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2008/apr/12/military.law?gusrc=rss&feed=worldnews" style="font-size: 11px;">www.guardian.co.uk</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2008/apr/12/military.law?gusrc=rss&feed=worldnews"><IMG width="460" height="276" alt="A CH-47 helicopter in Afghanistan." src="http://image.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/pictures/2008/04/11/army276.jpg" />
				  <P class="caption">A CH-47 helicopter</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2008/apr/12/military.law?gusrc=rss&feed=worldnews"><H1>Sending troops into battle without proper equipment could breach rights, says judge</H1>
<P id="stand-first"><STRONG>·</STRONG> Soldiers' families welcome crucial court ruling <BR /><STRONG>·</STRONG> Decision may lead to large claims for compensation</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2008/apr/12/military.law?gusrc=rss&feed=worldnews">Deploying troops on military operations without adequate equipment could breach their human rights, the high court ruled yesterday in a groundbreaking judgment which has widespread implications for defence chiefs and opens the door to potentially huge claims for compensation</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2008/apr/12/military.law?gusrc=rss&feed=worldnews">Dismissing arguments by the Ministry of Defence, Judge Andrew Collins said that "to send a soldier out on patrol or, indeed, into battle with defective equipment could constitute a breach" of article 2 of the European convention on human rights, which enshrines the right to life</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2008/apr/12/military.law?gusrc=rss&feed=worldnews">"The soldier does not lose all protection simply because he is in hostile territory carrying out dangerous operations."</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2008/apr/12/military.law?gusrc=rss&feed=worldnews">"To send soldiers into a combat zone without basic equipment is unforgivable, inexcusable, and a breach of trust</blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/835D7ACB-7299-4186-9938-D8CA5AC591C2/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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