""The UK, Canada, and other allied nations who partner with the United States on counternarcotics efforts have ample evidence that the US is unlawfully killing people at sea," Sarah Yager, Washington director at Human Rights Watch (HRW), said in a statement. "The rules-based international order depends on countries speaking out against violations, even when they're committed by powerful friends.""
""The UK, France, and the Kingdom of the Netherlands have significant influence in the Caribbean due to their overseas territories in the region," the group said. "All three governments are also participants in Campaign Martillo, a multinational counternarcotics detection, monitoring, and interdiction operation that includes US Navy and Coast Guard vessels, along with military and law enforcement units from a dozen other nations, including Canada.""
Human Rights Watch urged US allies to condemn and halt US boat strikes in international waters that experts characterize as extrajudicial killings. HRW said the United States claims, without evidence, that every targeted vessel was involved in drug smuggling that threatened the US. HRW called on countries at risk of complicity to scrutinize maritime cooperation and intelligence-sharing with the US. The group noted that the UK, France, and the Kingdom of the Netherlands exert influence in the Caribbean through overseas territories and participate in Campaign Martillo alongside US Navy and Coast Guard units and partners including Canada.
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