article_snippet: so-called ‘victims’ of incidents involving British soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan have used the ECHR to demand millions of pounds in compensation.
article_snippet: The Al Sweady Inquiry looked into claims lodged by two legal-aid-funded firms – Public Interest Lawyers and Leigh Day – that British troops murdered, mutilated and tortured Iraqi detainees.
article_snippet: Despite this, two legal-aid-funded firms are continuing to pursue cases against the MoD for deaths in Iraq using the Human Rights Act.
article_snippet: To [some] lawyers … the Iraqis are only a vehicle for profit.
article_snippet: Sergeant Kevin Williams, pictured, ‘put on trial for 12 years’ for killing an Iraqi .
article_snippet: Hassan Abbas was served with a letter last year hauling Hassan Abbas before a new probe into Iraqi deaths as part of the Iraq Fatality Investigations, brought about to comply with Article 2 of the Human Rights Act.
article_snippet: Seven paratroopers, found not guilty after nine-week trial costing up to £8million but hounded again .
article_snippet: The court martial of seven paratroopers accused of murdering an Iraqi teenager collapsed in 2005 after the judge branded some Iraqi witnesses as seekers of ‘blood money’.
article_snippet: some Iraqi witnesses were hauled before new investigators as part of the Iraq Fatality Investigations and faced fresh scrutiny over some Iraqi witnesses roles last year.
article_snippet: the Iraq Fatality Investigations were brought in order to the Iraq Fatality Investigationsfulfil the investigation duties of the State’, in accordance with Article 2 of the Human Rights Actthe Human Rights Act.
article_snippet: Now the Iraq Historic Allegations Team – set up to comply with the Human Rights Act – have told his the Iraq Historic Allegations Team – are investigating the shooting as part of the Iraq Historic Allegations Team – investigations into alleged war crimes in Iraq and his was told his could face charges.
article_snippet: The family making his case are represented by Phil Shiner’s Public Interest Lawyers.