A court in Germany has rejected a lawsuit by three Yemeni men who lost relatives in a US drone strike and planned to sue the German government for their loss, the Associated Press reported Wednesday.
The men accused Germany of letting the US use its Ramstein air base to conduct lethal drone strikes. The Cologne administrative court said Germany had limited influence on use of the base because of a treaty in the interest of "foreign policy and defense" issues.
The Yemenis lost two relatives in the air raid and are being represented by the European Center for Constitutional and Human Rights and activist group Reprieve.
The representatives want Germany to accept responsibility for the strikes and stop the US from using the Ramstein base. Reprieve legal director Kat Craig told AP there's strong evidence the base is used to relay flight control from US pilots to drones in the Middle East.
The men plan to appeal the court's rejection.
