Trump pardon breaks international law: UN

Updated December 30 2020 - 10:04pm, first published 10:00pm
Baghdad's Nisoor Square where US private security contractors killed 14 Iraqi civilians in 2007.
Baghdad's Nisoor Square where US private security contractors killed 14 Iraqi civilians in 2007.

US President Donald Trump's pardon of four American men convicted of killing Iraqi civilians while working as contractors in 2007 violated US obligations under international law, UN human rights experts say.

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