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 22 hours 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 22 hours ago
nohaybanda@hexbear.net 21 hours 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 21 hours ago
It’s literally in the quote. Now banned, meaning it wasn’t banned at the time.
unexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.de 21 hours ago
The holocaust wasnt illegal when it happened either. What a stupid thing to say.
deHaga@feddit.uk 21 hours ago
What? Murdering people was legal in 1940 was it?