“Human
Rights groups have said they will fight on after a German court
partially dismissed a case brought by three Yemeni drone strike
survivors, whose two relatives were killed in Yemen in August 2012
during a US strike, involving an airbase in Germany. The men —
Faisal, Ahmed Saeed and Khaled Mohmed from the Ali Jaber family
alleged that Germany bears legal and political responsibility for the
deaths of their relatives, because the drones were operated via the
massive US military base Ramstein in Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany.”
“The
case was brought by legal charity Reprieve and the European Center
for Constitutional and Human Rights (ECCHR), and was based on the
allegation that the use of US military bases on German soil is
against the German constitution. The Ramstein base is contracted to
the US on condition that it does not do anything that violates German
law.”
“The
Administrative Court of Cologne dismissed the claim, but allowed the
human rights groups to take the case further. Speaking exclusively to
Sputnik, Andreas Schüller, ECCHR legal representative of the three
claimants said 'We are not disappointed because, although the overall
result is not that positive, there are some smaller issues in the
judgement that are quite promising. One of them is that the court
confirms our arguments over the use of the Ramstein base in Germany.
It plays a crucial part of the drone war and it can no longer
ignored.'”
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