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Foreign [[mercenary]] fighters are not protected by the [[Geneva Convention]]. When captured in a war zone, under martial law, they can be executed on the spot without trial. Under international law, they are criminals who kill people for profit. Nonetheless, these facts did not inhibit Truss, in the [[Russophobic]] hysteria gripping Western media, from actively encouraging young men across the planet to go get themselves killed, with no support from their own government,<ref>https://www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/liz-truss-british-fight-ukraine-russia-b984892.html</ref> and without informing these young fighters of any facts, if she indeed understood any facts that in an ordinary and sane world her job would require.<ref>https://www.lbc.co.uk/radio/presenters/iain-dale/liz-truss-green-light-for-brits-to-fight-in-ukraine-actually-illegal-david-davis/</ref> British Prime Minister [[Boris Johnson]] had to spend the next two months walking back her suggestion to UK citizens to violate both British and [[international law]].<ref>https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/prime-minister-boris-johnson-liz-truss-uk-government-ukraine-b2025893.html</ref>
Foreign [[mercenary]] fighters are not protected by the [[Geneva Convention]]. When captured in a war zone, under martial law, they can be executed on the spot without trial. Under international law, they are criminals who kill people for profit. Nonetheless, these facts did not inhibit Truss, in the [[Russophobic]] hysteria gripping Western media, from actively encouraging young men across the planet to go get themselves killed, with no support from their own government,<ref>https://www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/liz-truss-british-fight-ukraine-russia-b984892.html</ref> and without informing these young fighters of any facts, if she indeed understood any facts that in an ordinary and sane world her job would require.<ref>https://www.lbc.co.uk/radio/presenters/iain-dale/liz-truss-green-light-for-brits-to-fight-in-ukraine-actually-illegal-david-davis/</ref> British Prime Minister [[Boris Johnson]] had to spend the next two months walking back her suggestion to UK citizens to violate both British and [[international law]].<ref>https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/prime-minister-boris-johnson-liz-truss-uk-government-ukraine-b2025893.html</ref>
British citizens who followed Truss's advice received the [[death penalty]] under international laws and norms.
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