Stop private armies!
20 October 2009
Image credits: Guy Smallman
Today War on Want condemned the British government for giving UK private military and security companies (PMSCs) a licence to kill by refusing to regulate the industry. The government plans to let PMSCs police themselves, despite widespread human rights abuses by mercenary soldiers.
Earlier this year the government published a consultation on its proposed voluntary code for PMSCs. It has so far failed to announce the results of the consultation.
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