WASHINGTON, Sept 21, CMC – As United States President Donald Trump steps up military build-up in the Caribbean Sea, Amnesty International is warning that any airstrikes authorised by Congress would violate international human rights law and could amount to unlawful executions.
Responding to the reported circulation of a draft resolution in the US Congress to authorise the use of military force against alleged drug traffickers, Amnesty International USA’s Director of Security and Human Rights, Daphne Eviatar said that if US legislators authorise using military force against suspected drug traffickers, “it would not change the fact that such lethal strikes amount to extrajudicial executions and have no legal justification whatsoever under international human rights law”.
“Congress must not rubber stamp further unlawful strikes and should instead work to hold the administration accountable for its illegal actions,” said Eviatar.
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