UN human rights experts raised concerns on Tuesday over “repeated and systematic lethal attacks” directed by the US against vessels in the “Caribbean and Eastern Pacific,” which could constitute war crimes under international maritime law.

Three UN experts stated that the attacks “appear to be unlawful killings,” which lack “judicial or legal process allowing due process of law.” Allegedly, no efforts were made to “apprehend the individuals or provide concrete evidence about why they were lawful targets.” As a result, it seems that the strikes were not motivated by “national self-defence” and did not target “individuals posing an imminent threat to life.” The experts raised these concerns directly with the US government, calling for an immediate stop to the strikes and an investigatio

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