Mark Smith, listed as a second secretary in the British Embassy in Ireland, wrote in a resignation letter to colleagues that was posted online that the Foreign Office “may be complicit in war ...

Mark Smith, a counterterrorism official based in the British embassy in Dublin, said he can no longer “in good conscience continue to work with a government which is complicit in war crimes”.

A British diplomat has resigned over claims continued arm sales to Israel could be making the UK "complicit in war crimes". Mark Smith, who worked as second secretary in the British embassy in ...

Mark Smith, who said he was an expert in arms sales policy, was based at the UK’s embassy in Ireland and was involved in “counter terror” work. 5.48pm, 19 Aug 2024 17.3k ...

Diplomat Mark Smith claimed in a bombshell resignation letter that the Foreign Office 'may be complicit in war crimes' over arms sales to Israel and said he'd been ignored. Comments.

A British diplomat has resigned from the Foreign Office as he believes the department 'may be complicit in war crimes' for continuing to allow arms sales to Israel.. Mark Smith, listed as a second ...

Yasmine Ahmed, Human Rights Watch's UK director, described Smith as "courageous". "As George Orwell said ‘Freedom is the right to tell people what they don’t want to hear’," she posted .