Post by Red Rackham on Sept 13, 2023 18:23:21 GMT
Human rights laws including the ECHR have become a serious risk to national security and are thwarting efforts to stop terrorists, Ben Wallace, the former defence secretary, has warned. Speaking for the first time since he stepped down from his Cabinet role, Mr Wallace attacked the “lunacy” of legislation that he said was protecting terror suspects plotting against Britain from abroad by preventing their capture.
He told The Telegraph that, because of international treaties such as the European Convention on Human Rights, defence secretaries were forced to choose between killing individuals, generally by drone, or leaving them to continue plotting. Mr Wallace warned: “When we have a threat to the UK, this lunacy of being unable to render people across borders or arrest people in countries whose police forces are unacceptable, means that we are more often than not forced into taking lethal action than actually raiding and detaining.”
The former defence secretary said that, while under international law Britain can take action against an imminent threat in a foreign country, missions that could result in the rendition of a suspect – meaning the extrajudicial transfer of a suspect from one nation to another – were blocked. Asked whether he had faced such situations as defence secretary, Mr Wallace said: “I dealt with such cases.”
He added: “Yes I came across plots, and thankfully we took action. But did I have the range of options I’d like to? No. I had very few options, and I wanted a wider set.” He warned that the situation left the UK unable to conduct raids like the one carried out by the USA on Osama bin Laden’s compound.
www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2023/09/12/human-rights-laws-protecting-terrorists-ben-wallace/
I'm at a loss to understand why an 'alleged' conservative government refuse to repeal Labours terrorist appeasing HRA and withdraw from the ECHR.
He told The Telegraph that, because of international treaties such as the European Convention on Human Rights, defence secretaries were forced to choose between killing individuals, generally by drone, or leaving them to continue plotting. Mr Wallace warned: “When we have a threat to the UK, this lunacy of being unable to render people across borders or arrest people in countries whose police forces are unacceptable, means that we are more often than not forced into taking lethal action than actually raiding and detaining.”
The former defence secretary said that, while under international law Britain can take action against an imminent threat in a foreign country, missions that could result in the rendition of a suspect – meaning the extrajudicial transfer of a suspect from one nation to another – were blocked. Asked whether he had faced such situations as defence secretary, Mr Wallace said: “I dealt with such cases.”
He added: “Yes I came across plots, and thankfully we took action. But did I have the range of options I’d like to? No. I had very few options, and I wanted a wider set.” He warned that the situation left the UK unable to conduct raids like the one carried out by the USA on Osama bin Laden’s compound.
www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2023/09/12/human-rights-laws-protecting-terrorists-ben-wallace/
I'm at a loss to understand why an 'alleged' conservative government refuse to repeal Labours terrorist appeasing HRA and withdraw from the ECHR.
