Rejected petition Stop the witch hunt of British soldiers who have served in Iraq and Afghanistan

Our soldiers shouldn't be hounded by ambulance chasing solicitors who are only in it for money, when they were acting under orders, or protecting themselves or colleagues in extreme conditions and under pressure, it's easy for lawyers to make incidents seem black and white when they are not

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Why was this petition rejected?

It’s not clear what the petition is asking the UK Government or Parliament to do.

If you would like publicly-funded investigations of these allegations to stop, you might like to sign this petition:

https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/167734

You could start a new petition calling for specific changes to be made to the rules on entitlement to legal aid, if that's what you would like to happen.

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Date submitted 22 September 2016
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