Previously secret military files reveal links between the use of torture by British forces in Oman and Northern Ireland during the 1970s.
When Britain used torture to control the Strait of Hormuz
Submitted 2 months ago by okwithmydecay@leminal.space to unitedkingdom@feddit.uk
https://www.declassifieduk.org/when-britain-used-torture-to-control-the-strait-of-hormuz/
deHaga@feddit.uk 2 months ago
nohaybanda@hexbear.net 2 months ago
This isn’t a court of law and nobody is applying a new law to old crimes.
What we can do is recognise and condemn the inhumanity of what was done then with the moral clarity of today. Better yet, we can use the lessons of the past to recognise and condemn similar injustices happening today.
deHaga@feddit.uk 2 months ago
It’s literally in the quote. Now banned, meaning it wasn’t banned at the time.
unexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.de 2 months ago
The holocaust wasnt illegal when it happened either. What a stupid thing to say.
deHaga@feddit.uk 2 months ago
What? Murdering people was legal in 1940 was it?