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Core Topics => In the Media => Topic started by: Chip on August 10, 2015, 11:50:56 PM
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Britain's £13m overseas war on drugs 'could be helping fund executions'
Richard Branson and former director of public prosecutions Lord Macdonald lead call for inquiry into Home Office’s support for anti-narcotics operations.
Thirty-seven public figures, including Sir Richard Branson, Lord Macdonald QC, the former director of public prosecutions, and Alistair Carmichael, the former Scottish secretary, have called for an urgent inquiry into the UK’s role in anti-narcotics operations abroad, which they say have helped to fund executions in countries such as Pakistan and Iran.
Last year, the government spent almost £13m on anti-narcotics operations in Pakistan. They have resulted in 112 drug offenders in Pakistan facing the death penalty in 2015. Iran has executed at least 394 drugs offenders this year and Saudi Arabia has beheaded at least 47 non-violent drugs offenders.
read the whole article at http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2015/aug/07/overseas-war-drugs-helping-fund-executions-richard-branson