UK peers block government bid to restrict war crimes prosecutions of British soldiers ...Kuwait

Former NATO Secretary George Robertson said the bill would have 'undermined some of the most basic legal standards for which this nation was renowned'.Peers in the UK's upper house defeated plans for time restrictions on prosecuting British soldiers who are suspected of torture and other war crimes. The House of Lords voted by 333 to 228 to halt the proposal which would have set a five-year deadline for the prosecution of British soldiers stationed overseas for suspected war crimes. This vote was part of the drafting process of the Overseas Operations Bill, which was approved by MPs in November. Conservative ministers said the bill would stop "ambulance-chasing" lawyers using false claims t

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