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19th November - Law News

2884th Edition: LawNewsIndex is a UK based legal news & articles archive since 2011 focusing on Law, Lawyers, Law Firms, Justice, Legislation, Litigation, Legal Ethics, Human Rights & Social Justice issues.

Today's Video Focus:  Operation Northmoor was set up in 2014 to examine allegations of executions by British Special Forces. It had linked dozens of suspicious killings on night raids. One of those included three children and a 20-year-old man who were killed by a British soldier in 2012 in the village of Loy Bagh in Afghanistan. British detectives have now told Panorama that Special Forces tried to cover-up what happened to avoid being prosecuted for war crimes.

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Focus of the Day Article: War crimes claims against UK troops need ICC scrutiny, says Labour. Ministers urged to answer allegation that they stifled war crimes investigations. Full story: Guardian Law