The experts also called on the Australian War Memorial in Canberra to stop celebrating disgraced soldier Ben Roberts-Smith after a damning defamation judgment.
Top United Nations human rights experts have blasted the federal government for moving too slowly to pay compensation to the relatives of victims of alleged war crimes committed by Australian troops in Afghanistan, including the family of a man who died after allegedly being kicked off a cliff by decorated soldier Ben Roberts-Smith.
These include the family of Ali Jan, an Afghan man who was allegedly killed by a subordinate at Roberts-Smith’s direction after the Victoria Cross winner kicked him off a small cliff. “It is unconscionable that families of deceased victims such as Mr Nazar Gul, Mr Yaro Mama Faqir and Mr Ali Jan, all murdered in 2012, have been left destitute in the harsh living conditions of rural Afghanistan for over a decade.
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