The UK Armed Forces are taking heat for their efforts to ramp up diversity amid historically low troop numbers, alongside proposals to remove Christian elements from Remembrance Day ceremonies.
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Amid a recruitment crisis, the Royal Navy is assigning marines and sailors to serve as diversity and inclusion officers to improve the well-being of personnel.
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A Washington DC-area Anomaly 6 firm is marketing illegal spy tech that can scrape an individual’s most sensitive personal data by tracking their smartphone. The British Ministry of Defence and GCHQ are potential buyers. Leaked documents reviewed by The Grayzone reveal how a smartphone tracking technology tramples over fundamental data protection tenets and international law, while violating the privacy of citizens across the world without their knowledge or consent. The clandestine tool can transform anyone into a potential person of […]
In October, the Pilskalns 2020 exercise has been held in four Latvian cities: Madona, Sigulda, Alūksne and Smiltene.
The event is organized by the Ministry of Defence and the Vidzeme 2nd Brigade of National Guard in cooperation with the local authorities in order to train local civil protection commissions.
Britain has announced plans to allow its soldiers to opt out of European human rights law.
An estimated 3,000 civilians have been killed in Yemen in a little over a year.
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The PM is right to draw a line in the sand, to protect the freedom with which the military has to operate…
— General Lord Dannatt, ex-Chief of Staff
Press TV – October 31, 2013
Campaigners have vowed to continue fighting for greater transparency over the use of deadly British drones overseas despite losing an appeal calling for the UK involvement to be disclosed.
Anti-drone campaigners said they would pursue an end to the “culture of secrecy” surrounding London’s drone attacks in Afghanistan.
Press TV – June 8, 2013
Britain’s operating of killer drones in Afghanistan may be violating the international law, a legal firm representing peace campaigners has argued in an opinion piece.
The legal opinion by Public Interest Lawyers argues that the use of killer drones in Afghanistan is a breach of the international law under the European Convention for Human Rights (ECHR).
Ministry of Defence of Georgia
May 14, 2013
Georgian Servicemen Killed in Afghanistan
Three Georgian military servicemen were killed as a result of the insurgent attack on the Georgian military base in Afghanistan.
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The killed soldiers served in the 42nd light Infantry Battalion of the IV Infantry Brigade.
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