Opinion | Judge, Jury & Executioner: How A Trump-Led Unilateral US Naval Blockade Vapourised Defenceless Indian Seafarers |
Opinion | Judge, Jury & Executioner: How A Trump-Led Unilateral US Naval Blockade Vapourised Defenceless Indian Seafarers
While the US under Trump may be in contempt of the spirit of international law, the law needs to be read persuasively to the United States at the highest diplomatic level
This is the story of American military and executive excess on the one hand and the ineffectuality of Indian diplomacy on the other. It’s a story about the killing of three Indians on the high seas by a Trump administration America that, critics argue, has increasingly assumed powers beyond those recognised under international law.
Three Indian seafarers, deck cadet Aditya Sharma, engine fitter Shivanand Chaurasia, and chief engineer Patnala Suresh, found themselves in the crosshairs of the American Navy just off the coast of Oman in the Arabian Sea. The three Indian seafarers, along with 21 other crew members, were aboard the Settebello, a Palau-flagged vessel. Little........