Author: Elizabeth Brown
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Agnes Wanjiru, the British armed forces and the language of silence
Elizabeth Brown In recent years, two prominent British public institutions – the Metropolitan Police and the armed forces – have faced significant criticism regarding their ability to protect women both in the community and within their own organisations. Both have faced a multitude of allegations of bullying, harassment, sexual assault, and inadequate investigatory procedures, within…
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The Shadow of Impunity: Justice for the killing of Baha Mousa and lessons for Afghanistan
Elizabeth Brown Twenty years ago, on 15 September 2003, a 26-year-old Iraqi man named Baha Mousa died following catastrophic mistreatment carried out by British soldiers in a detention facility in Basra. The incident spawned a complex web of accountability efforts, including a Royal Military Police investigation, a Court Martial, a judicial review case which ultimately…