Amnesty International slams Osama's 'unlawful' killing

May 24, 2012 09:33

Amnesty International has slammed the United States for the "unlawful' killing of Osama bin Laden in Pakistan's Abbottabad in a raid by the Special Forces.

"The US administration made clear that the operation had been conducted under the USA's theory of a global armed conflict between the USA and Al Qaeda in which the USA does not recognise the applicability of international human rights law," it said in its annual report.

"In the absence of further clarification from the US authorities, the killing of Osama bin Laden would appear to have been unlawful," it said.

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