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19 June 2013
Drone 'Signature Strike' Witness Responds To Obama Speech: 'I Don't Trust A Single Word'

By Matt Sledge, Huffington Post, 19/6/13

19 June 2013
Edinburgh Uni students protest US drone funding

By John-Paul Holden, The Scotsman, 18/6/13

18 June 2013
UN: drones have caused “permanent fear” & affected wellbeing of children

UN: drones have caused “permanent fear” & affected wellbeing of children The UN Secretary General has described reports of child casualties caused by armed drones as “increasingly worrisome,” and called on the states involved to conduct “transparent…and effective investigations.”

13 June 2013
Answers needed now on whether GCHQ supports CIA drone strikes

Answers needed now on whether GCHQ supports CIA drone strikes Allegations that GCHQ used a US programme to circumvent the law and spy on British citizens have led to renewed calls for the agency to disclose what its policy is on providing intelligence to support CIA drone strikes.

11 June 2013
Families of drone victims appeal to Nawaz Sharif for justice

By Azam Khan, The Express Tribune, 9/6/13

09 June 2013
Nawaz urged to act against drones, put words into action

By Murtaza Ali Shah, The News, 7/6/13

07 June 2013
Stop drone strikes or face contempt of court, victims tell Pakistan’s PM

Stop drone strikes or face contempt of court, victims tell Pakistan’s PM Civilian victims of U.S. drone strikes in Pakistan today issued a letter to the country’s new Prime Minister, demanding that he immediately act to carry out a recent court judgment to stop drone strikes - or face contempt of court proceedings.

06 June 2013
Pakistani activists to new prime minister: Shoot down the drones or be sued

By Wajahat S. Khan, NBC News, 6/6/13

06 June 2013
Drone victims give press conference

Drone victims give press conference Victims of drone strikes from North Waziristan, Pakistan, will tomorrow (Thursday 6 June) hold a press conference in Islamabad, along with their lawyer, Shahzad Akbar.

05 June 2013
'Drone strikes in Pakistan completely negate the right to life'

By Russia Today, 5/6/13

05 June 2013
US drone attacks via US bases in Germany: report

By Deutsche Welle, 31/5/13

31 May 2013
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30 May 2013
Yemeni teenagers on death row

On Friday night Channel 4 showed an excellent and very moving documentary about Yemeni teenagers on death row.

29 May 2013
Drohnen: Tod aus dem Nichts

By Wolfgang Bauer, Die Zeit, 29/5/13

29 May 2013
The race is on: Manufacturer sets sights on market for armed drones

Keir Simmons & Gil Aegerter, NBC, 28/5/13

28 May 2013
Pakistanis skeptical of new 'smoke and mirrors' drone policy

Waj Khan & Mushtaq Yusufzai, NBC, 25/5/13

25 May 2013
Is BT providing the infrastructure for illegal drone strikes?

BT’s slogan used to be “it’s good to talk”, but when it comes to contracts with the US military “it’s best to keep your mouth shut” might be more appropriate.

22 May 2013
Government admits growing opposition to drone strikes

By Paddy McGuffin, Morning Star, 20/5/13

20 May 2013
Drone strikes: UK admits to funding opinion poll in Pakistan

By The Express Tribune, 20/5/13

20 May 2013
UK admits to unpopularity of drone strikes, faces accusations of complicity

By Pakistan Today, 20/5/13

20 May 2013
UK Foreign Office finds increasing opposition to drone strikes in NW Pakistan

The British Government has revealed that surveys carried out in Pakistan’s Federally Administered Tribal Areas – which bear the brunt of US drone strikes – have shown year-on-year increases in opposition to the covert campaign.

20 May 2013
Britain funding surveys in Pakistan on US drones

By Zee News, 19/5/13

19 May 2013
UK funds poll in Pakistan on US drone attacks

By Jamie Doward, The Observer, 18/5/13

18 May 2013
Op-ed: Yemen and the Peshawar High Court's condemnation of drones

Op-ed: Yemen and the Peshawar High Court’s condemnation of drones Baraa Shiban Reprieve's Yemen Project Coordinator The US’ covert and illegal drone war in Pakistan suffered a heavy blow today when a Pakistani High Court called the strikes illegal and a violation of human rights. The Court also said the strikes breach Pakistan’s sovereignty and encouraged the Pakistani government and security forces to stop future strikes. The question all Yemenis should be asking is “why is this not the case in Yemen?”. Surely, the death of a Yemeni is no less tragic or illegal than that of a Pakistani.

16 May 2013
Will Pakistan court ruling against U.S. drone strikes force new PM to stick to promises?

By Elizabeth Palmer, CBS, 13/5/13

14 May 2013
Can Musharraf save U.S from liability for drone attacks?

By Mirza Shahzad Akbar, CNN, 10/05/13

13 May 2013
CIA Drone Strikes on Trial in Pakistan

By George Gao, Inter Press Service, 11/5/13

11 May 2013
U.S. Strikes "kerosene for insurgency": Reprieve fellow gives testimony to Congressional hearing on Drones

Reprieve fellow and Yemeni coordinator, Baraa Shiban, gave video testimony this week to a Congressional hearing on drone strikes on Capitol Hill, Washington D.C.

10 May 2013
Drone strikes illegal, a war crime: Pakistani high court

By Omer Farooq Khan, Times of India, 10/5/13

10 May 2013
US drone strikes have no consent from Pakistan govt: British MEP

By Tribune, 5/9/13

09 May 2013
Pakistan’s highest court rules U.S. drone strikes illegal

By Natasha Lennard, Salon, 9/5/13

09 May 2013
Pakistan court orders Government to stop ‘war crime’ drone strikes

Pakistan court orders Government to stop ‘war crime’ drone strikes The Peshawar High Court (PHC) today declared the US guilty of war crimes for its use of drones in North West Pakistan, and ordered the Pakistani government to take a series of steps to stop future strikes.

09 May 2013
Judgement due in Pakistan Drone Victims' case

Judgement due in Pakistan drone victims' case A Pakistan court will tomorrow (9 May) hand down judgement in a case brought against the country’s government by victims of US drone strikes.

08 May 2013
Change my mind: is drone warfare ethical and effective?

Huffington Post, 3/5/2013

03 May 2013
Rising US drone strikes against al-Qaida in Yemen start to fuel anger over civilian deaths

By The Washington Post, 02/04/2013

02 May 2013
EU Parliament set to host special hearing on use of drones.

By Martin Banks, The Parliament Magazine, 2/5/2013

02 May 2013
Anti Al-Qaida preacher killed by US drone in Yemen

By Ken Hanley, Digital Journal, 2/5/2013

02 May 2013
As US drone strikes rise in Yemen, so does anger.

By Ahmed Al-Haj and Aya Batrawy, Philly.com, 2/5/2013

02 May 2013
RAF drones operated from UK base strike afghanistan for first time.

By Ned Simons, The Huffington Post, 1/5/2013

01 May 2013
The EU needs a united front on drones.

By Hilary Stauffer, The Huffington Post, 1/5/2013

01 May 2013
European Parliament hold Public Hearing on Drones

On Thursday, 25 April 2013, the European Parliament held a public hearing to examine the human rights implications of drones.

26 April 2013
Britain's secret role in America's drone war: Government approves UK defence company to supply technology to the U.S.

By Robert Verkaik, The Mail Online, 20/04/2013

20 April 2013
Pervez Musharraf admits permitting US drone strikes in Pakistan

By Jon Boone and Peter Beaumont, The Guardian, 12/04/2013

12 April 2013
Drone strikes illegal, whether consented to or not, says senior Pakistani judge

The Chief Justice of Peshawar’s High Court today stated that drone strikes in north west Pakistan violate the country’s sovereignty and are illegal regardless of whether they were consented to by members of the government.

11 April 2013
US drones target low-level militants who pose no threat

By Terri Judd, The Independent, 10/04/2013

10 April 2013
US covert drone programme ‘violates children’s rights under international law,’ says new report

A new report focusing on the impact on children of America’s covert drone programme finds that it violates a range of their rights as established under international law.

24 March 2013
Drones: Bringing the ‘war on terror’ to children’s bedrooms and classrooms

At least 204 child deaths from drone strikes have been documented in Pakistan, Somalia and Yemen. These children did not choose to be a participant in the ‘War on Terror’—rather, the US has brought the war to them.

24 March 2013
‘CIA drones in Pakistan illegal, says UN.’

Ben Emmerson QC, the UN Special Rapporteur for Counter-Terrorism and Human Rights, has returned from a three day trip to Pakistan. In a statement released today, Emmerson said that the Pakistani government had made it clear to him that they consider the CIA drone programme to be “counter-productive, contrary to international law, a violation of Pakistan's sovereignty and territorial integrity, [and that] they should cease immediately”.

15 March 2013
Drones in Yemen causing a ‘psychological emergency’, psychologist tells MPs

An expert in psychological trauma assessment and treatment has told MPs that the use of drones in Yemen is causing a ‘psychological emergency’ in the country.

05 March 2013
Drone Strike Prompts Suit, Raising Fears for U.S. Allies

By Ravi Somaiya, New York Times, January 30 2013

31 January 2013
Time for UK Government to come clean on Drones

It is essential that the UK Government comes clean about its policy of providing intelligence in support of the CIA's drone programme in Pakistan.

24 January 2013
Foreign complicity in the drone war

By Murtaza Hussain, Al Jazeera, January 15 2013

16 January 2013
Abu Ghraib torture contractor is key drone component manufacturer

The defense contractor which reached a settlement with alleged victims of torture in the notorious prison Abu Ghraib is now again at the cutting edge of ‘war on terror’ abuses, providing key components for weaponised drones.

10 January 2013
Drone strikes remain shrouded in secrecy

In one of his first major speeches from the White House after his inauguration, President Obama quoted Supreme Court Justice Louis Brandeis, stating “I firmly believe…that sunlight is the best disinfectant, and I know that restoring transparency is not only the surest way to achieve results, but also to earn back the trust in government without which we cannot deliver the changes the American people sent us here to make.”

08 January 2013
The Reaper Presidency: Obama’s 300th drone strike in Pakistan

Alice K Ross, Chris Woods and Sarah Leo, The Bureau of Investigative Journalism, December 3 2012

13 December 2012
Danish pension funds under fire for drone investment

By Shayla Walmsley, Investments & Pensions Europe, November 23 2012

06 December 2012
Apple Drones App Banned: Politicians And Campaigners Step Up Fight

By Jessica Elgot, The Huffington Post UK, December 4 2012

04 December 2012
Secret courts plan in chaos: Lords reject closed hearings by crushing majority

James Chapman and Jason Grove, The Daily Mail, November 21 2012

26 November 2012
Secret courts plans savaged in House of Lords

Owen Bowcott, The Guadian, November 21 2012

26 November 2012
MPs to test British use of drones at heart of secret war

Deborah Haynes, The Times, November 20 2012

26 November 2012
European institutions should dump drone investments, says campaign group

Jan Wagner, Responsible Investor, November 20 2012

20 November 2012
Pensions invest millions in deadly drones

By Peter Stanners, the Copenhagen Post, November 13 2012

13 November 2012
The US President as Villain, Hero, and Coward

By The World, November 5 2012

13 November 2012
What recourse do Pakistan's 'civilian drone victims' have?

By Mahvish Ahmad, Yahoo! News, November 2 2012

13 November 2012
UN announces an investigation unit to inquire drone attacks

On 25 October 2012, Ben Emmerson QC, the United Nations’ Special Rapporteur on Counter-Terrorism and Human Rights, announced that a UN investigation unit would be established early next year “to inquire into individual drone attacks…and other forms of targeted killing conducted in counter-terrorism operations.”

26 October 2012
UK brings drone command operations home from US

Michael Goldfarb, Global Post, October 26 2012

26 October 2012
UK: Hearing into CIA drones would dent US ties

David Stringer, Associated Press, 25 October 2012

26 October 2012
UK claims possible court hearing into CIA drone strikes in Pakistan would risk denting US ties

Associated Press, The Washington Post, 25 October 2012

26 October 2012
PHC serves notice to Musharraf for allowing drone attacks

Zahir Shah Sherazi, Dawn, 24 October 2012

26 October 2012
Inquiry into drone attacks ‘would damage national security’

Deborah Haynes, The Times, 25 October 2012

26 October 2012
British intelligence officers accused of murder over drone attacks in Pakistan

Terri Judd, The Independent, 24 October 2012

26 October 2012
Britain to 'double number of drones in Afghanistan'

4 News, 23 October 2012

26 October 2012
Kat Craig on Channel 4 News discussing Noor Khan drones case

Reprieve's legal director Kat Craig discussing drones on Channel 4 News

24 October 2012
We need to know the truth about UK drones policy

Now British drones are being controlled from home turf, the 'blurred lines' over who is responsible for drone attacks must end.

23 October 2012
Hague taken to court over drone bombings

Charles Maggs, Politics, 22 October 2012

23 October 2012
UK support for US drones in Pakistan may be war crime, court is told

Ian Cobain, the Guardian, 23 October 2012

23 October 2012
Judges hear claims UK intelligence used for drone strikes

BBC News, 23 October 2012

23 October 2012
We need to know the truth about UK drones policy

Clive Stafford Smith, the Guardian, 23 October 2012

23 October 2012
Hague in the dock over Britain's alleged role in drone attacks

Paddy McGuffin, Morning Star, 22 October 2012

23 October 2012
Pakistani takes William Hague to court over UK-US drone policy

Murtaza Ali Shah, The News, 23 October 2012

23 October 2012
Drone victim’s statement “very moving,” says judge in UK drones policy case

The statement of a man who lost his father to a CIA drone strike in Pakistan was today described as “very moving” by the judge hearing a legal challenge to the UK Government’s reported policy of support for the secret drone programme.

23 October 2012
Corporate ethics are a matter of life and death

Michael Woodford, Financial Times, 22 October 2012

22 October 2012
Legal battle over drone strike "intelligence sharing"

Tom Whitehead, Telegraph, 22 October 2012

22 October 2012
CIA duo faces bust

Chuck Bennett, New York Post, 22 October 2012

22 October 2012
CIA chiefs face arrest over horrific evidence of bloody 'video-game' sorties by drone pilots

David Rose, Daily Mail, 21 October 2012

22 October 2012
Hague in court over UK drones policy

A two day court hearing begins today (Tuesday) into a legal challenge brought against the UK’s reported policy of support for CIA drone strikes in Pakistan.

22 October 2012
In Pakistan, Drone Protest Takes Detour for Safety

Salman Masood, The New York Times, 7 October

22 October 2012
Imran Khan’s Pakistan anti-drone drive halts for the night

Orla Guerin, BBC News, 6 October 2012

22 October 2012
American protestors join Pakistan protest against drone attacks

The Daily Mail, 5 October 2012

22 October 2012
Hundreds march in Pakistan to protest drone attacks

Shaan Khan, CNN, 6 October 2012

19 October 2012
Pakistan motorcade protesting US drones sets off

USA Today, 6 October 2012

19 October 2012
UK parliament launches group to focus on drones

By Alice Ross, the Bureau of Investigative Journalism, 18/10/2012

19 October 2012
Imran Khan’s anti-drones march halted short of Waziristan tribal belt

By Aoun Sahi and Francis Elliott, The Times, 7 October 2012

19 October 2012
Court challenge over British parts ‘used in CIA drone attacks'.

By Deborah Haynes, The Times, 7 October 2012

16 October 2012
Soldier accuses ministers of covering up evidence in Iraq War friendly fire tragedy...

By Robert Verkaik, The Daily Mail, 13 October 2012

16 October 2012
Imran Khan’s march brings global attention to CIA drone strikes

By Alice K Ross, The Bureau of Investigative Journalism, 11 October 2012

16 October 2012
PTI peace march: Western voices add swagger to rally

The Express Tribune, 8 October 2012

16 October 2012
Thousands of Pakistanis rally against US drone strikes

Associated Press in Islamabad, The Guardian, 7 October 2012

16 October 2012
Imran Khan prepares to lead convoy of protest into Waziristan, hotbed of Taliban support

By Rob Crilly, The Telegraph, 7 October 2012

16 October 2012
Americans join Imran Khan's march against US drone warfare in Pakistan

Associated Press, The Guardian, 6 October 2012

16 October 2012
Imran Khan sets off on peace march to campaign against drones

By Rob Crilly, The Telegraph, 6 October 2012

16 October 2012
Americans Protest Drone Strikes In Pakistan

By Zarar Khan, Huffington Post, 5 October 2012

16 October 2012
US drone war in Pakistan prompts fear and anger

By Orla Guerin, BBC News, 5 October 2012

16 October 2012
What the drones protest march in Waziristan aims to achieve

By James Jeffrey, the Guardian, 4 October 2012

16 October 2012
Anti-drone peace march halted in Pakistan

By Reza Sayah, CNN, 8 October 2012

15 October 2012
Following the anti-drones march on Twitter

Over the weekend I followed a march to Waziristan. Not in person, unfortunately. Instead I followed the historic anti-drones peace march all the way from Islamabad to Waziristan and back again...via Twitter.

11 October 2012
UK Government faces legal challenge over failure to regulate export of lethal drone parts

The UK Government has been threatened with legal action over its failure to stop the export of drone components which may be used by the CIA to carry out its illegal campaign in Pakistan.

09 October 2012
Before we leave

Islamabad, Friday Oct. 5. This weekend I plan to spend traveling to Waziristan, the Pakistan province on the border with Afghanistan, where the CIA is currently waging its not-so-secret and entirely undeclared drone war. On Thursday, I was at the best-attended press conference I have ever witnessed - I counted television cameras from more than forty stations, including the United States and various European countries.

09 October 2012
Anti-drones peace march a huge success

Anti-drones peace march in Pakistan a huge success

08 October 2012
Living with death by drone

Last week, Stanford University and New York University released a major study about the use of drones in the ever-evolving but never-ending war on terror. Unfortunately, many commentators missed the report's key message: Drones are terrorizing an entire civilian population.

05 October 2012
Soon the full horror of drone attacks will be exposed

By Clive Stafford Smith, The Times, 03/10/2012

03 October 2012
‘Please don’t let the CIA drone us,’ protesters ask Obama

Reprieve’s Founder Clive Stafford Smith has asked Barack Obama for a guarantee that an international protest march through North West Pakistan will not be hit by the CIA’s Predator drones.

03 October 2012
Report: One in fifty US drone attack victims in Pakistan are known militants

Jerome Taylor, Belfast Telegraph, 26/09/2012

01 October 2012
Drones ‘terrorising’ Pakistani civilians

Daily Times, 26/09/2012

01 October 2012
Drone damage

The News International Staff, The News International, 25/09/2012

01 October 2012
Drone strikes kill, maim and traumatize too many civilians, U.S. study says

CNN Wire Staff, CNN, 25/09/2012

01 October 2012
The report that explains what US is doing to Fata people

Clive Stafford Smith, Dawn.com, 26/09/2012

26 September 2012
Report: Civilians Bear the Brunt of Drone Attacks

The Take Away, 25/09/2012

25 September 2012
Why Are CIA Drones Still Causing the Death of Innocents in Pakistan?

Clive Stafford Smith, Huffington Post, 25/09/2012

25 September 2012
‘Drones causing mass trauma among civilians,’ major study finds

Chris Woods, Bureau of Investigative Journalism, 25/09/2012

25 September 2012
US Drones Are Killing Children, Terrorising Families And Turning Civilians Against America, Report Finds

Ted Thornhill, The Huffington Post, 25/09/2012

25 September 2012
Drone attacks harming US interests: American report

Ansar Abbasi, The News International, 25/09/2012

25 September 2012
Why are CIA drones still causing the deaths of innocents in pakistan?

In Pakistan there are 800,000 people playing Russian Roulette. They do it 24 hours a day, seven days a week. It's not a voluntary game. Someone else holding the gun, refusing to tell how many projectiles there are in the chamber, or even who the weapon is currently aimed at.

25 September 2012
'Terror and stress' in the shadow of the drones

Channel 4 News, 25/09/2012

25 September 2012
Drones terrorising men, women, and children in Pakistan

Drones “terrorising” men, women and children in Pakistan, US academics find.

25 September 2012
Outrage at CIA's deadly 'double tap' drone attacks

By Jerome Taylor, The Independent, 25/09/2012

25 September 2012
Drone attacks in Pakistan are counterproductive, says report

By Owen Boycott, The Guardian, 25/09/2012

25 September 2012
Families in Pakistan live in fear of drone attacks

By Deborah Haynes, The Times, 25/09/2012 (Paywall)

25 September 2012
Secret courts: the essential guide

Owen Boycott and Ian Cobain, The Guardian, 25/09/2012

25 September 2012
Imran Khan leads march against US drones in Pakistan

Cricket star turned politician Imran Khan calls for 100,000 people to march with him against "immoral" US drone attacks in Pakistan's Waziristan region.

24 September 2012
Drones in Pakistan traumatise civilians, report says

Orla Guerin, BBC News, 24/09/2012

24 September 2012
British Government must come clean over alleged help for US drone attacks: former DPP

By Sam Marsden, Daily Telegraph, 19/9/2012

19 September 2012
Reprieve Chair Lord Macdonald speaks out against British Role in Drone Attacks

Reprieve’s chair Ken Macdonald QC was on the front page of The Times earlier this week challenging the UK government to come clean about their role in the US’ illegal and devastating drone strikes in Pakistan. You can read the article, which is outside of the Times’ Pay wall, here.

19 September 2012
Drone attacks: UK urged to 'come clean' on US spy role

BBC News, 18/09/2012

18 September 2012
Shooting apps fine, says Apple, just don’t mention the drone attacks

Apple has for the third time this month rejected an iPhone app which alerts the user to a drone attack and to the number of people killed. Drones+ enables those concerned about the CIA’s illegal, unregulated use of these remote-controlled weapons to track the strikes to their handset.

03 September 2012
Imran Khan vows to go ahead with protest against US drone strikes in Pakistan's tribal region despite purported Taliban death threats

By John Boone, 09/08/2012, The Independent

09 August 2012
Drones victims seek answers on British exports of CIA killer drone parts

The victims of deadly drone strikes in Pakistan are today questioning the British government's apparent failure to regulate companies seeking to profit from the CIA's illegal targeted killing programme.

30 July 2012
Drone part manufacturer and 2012 sponsor GE must respect ‘Olympic truce’

Major Olympic sponsor GE is facing calls to honour the ‘Olympic truce’ by acting to stop the use of its drone components in strikes carried out by the US in Pakistan and Yemen.

30 July 2012
British Companies 'supplying US drone technology'

By Deborah Haynes, The Times, 28/07/12 (Paywall)

28 July 2012
Imran to take media, rights group to Waziristan

By Murtaza Ali Shah, The International News, 20/07/12

20 July 2012
Drone strikes: PHC issues final warning to government

By Umer Farooq, The Express Tribune, 19/07/2012

19 July 2012
Court orders Pakistan Government to release names of drone strike victims

The Peshawar High Court has ordered Pakistan's Government to produce a record of all those killed in drone strikes in North and South Waziristan.

19 July 2012
Victims of Secretive US Drone Strikes Gain Voice in Pakistani Lawyer

Rachel Maddow Show, MSNBC.COM, 03/07/2012

04 July 2012
Victims of secretive drone strike gain voice in Pakistani lawyer

By Rachel Maddow, MSNBC, 29/06/2012

29 June 2012
For many Pakistanis, 'USA' means 'drones'

By MSNBC, 26/06/2012

26 June 2012
The Drone Age

Sometimes the future sneaks up on us, and we only notice once our world has changed almost beyond recognition.

21 June 2012
Obamas leise Killer

By Clive Stafford Smith, Berliner Zeitung, 20/06/2012

20 June 2012
Stop Drone Attacks

Thank you for helping us stop US drones from killing more people like Tariq and Waheed.

19 June 2012
Drones, Obama and the Assad conundrum

By Ken Macdonald, The Times, 13/06/2012

13 June 2012
We are sleepwalking into the Drone Age, unaware of the consequences

Obama's policy of killing 'militants' in Pakistan may go down well in the US, but it is provoking an extremist backlash abroad.

06 June 2012
We are sleepwalking into the Drone Age, unaware of the consequences

By Clive Stafford Smith, The Guardian Observer, 02/06/2012

02 June 2012
Clare Algar talks about Reprieve's drones work at The Funding Network

On Thursday May 17th, Reprieve’s Executive Director Clare Algar spoke at The Funding Network’s Human Rights evening and raised a spectacular £6,000 for Reprieve’s work on CIA drone attacks in Yemen.

01 June 2012
States fight for drone biz

By Jefferson Morley, Salon, 30/05/2012

30 May 2012
Watch Clare Algar talk about Reprieve's drones work at TFN in London

Reprieve's Executive Director Clare Algar talks about the danger of drone attacks at The Funding Network in London.

30 May 2012
The face of collateral damage

By Jefferson Morley, Salon, 29/05/2012

29 May 2012
America's murderous drone campaign is fuelling terror

By Seumas Milne, The Guardian, 29/05/2012

29 May 2012
Deploying killer drones in Yemen will make us all less safe

This week's suicide bomb in Sana'a came as no surprise here in Yemen. Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) has been threatening an attack on Sana'a for some time now. But it may be something of a surprise to many Americans that many Yemenis would cite U.S. activity here as a root cause of the attack.

28 May 2012
What drones victims in Pakistan would do with $60,000 - the price of a Hellfire drone missile

Last week I went to Peshawar, Pakistan to visit victims of CIA drone strikes. Deeply affected by the presence of the drones in their communities, they told me how they would have spent the money now used to build these weapons of destruction.

25 May 2012
Pressure on Britain over deadly drone attacks

By Deborah Haynes, The Times, 25/05/2012

25 May 2012
Deploying Killer Drones in Yemen Will Make Us All Less Safe

By Cori Crider, The Huffington Post, 25/05/2012

25 May 2012
Attack of the drones

By Chizom Ekeh, The Morning Star, 20/05/2012

20 May 2012
Murder by drone case at the Islamabad district court

This morning we came to the Islamabad District Court. It is here that the most serious cases in the land may be decided – often, a death penalty case; today (for us) the question of whether various CIA operatives should be arrested for committing murder-by-drone.

17 May 2012
Shoot the drones

By Clive Stafford Smith, The Express Tribune, 16/05/2012

16 May 2012
2 Pakistani lawsuits pressure government to deal with CIA drone strikes

By Michele Langevine Leiby, The Washington Post, 14/05/2012

14 May 2012
Peshawar Public Relations

For the past several days I have been staying at the Pearl Continental Hotel in Peshawar, as close to Waziristan as I can reasonably go. I have been meeting with various victims of the drone attacks.

11 May 2012
Ex-CIA counter-terror chief warns against drone strikes in Yemen

The former head of the CIA’s counter-terrorism centre has warned against turning Yemen into “the Arabian equivalent of Waziristan” with drone strikes.

11 May 2012
Court battle: Rights activists mount court challenge against drone attacks

By Manzoor Ali, Tribune, 10/05/2012

10 May 2012
British human rights lawyer holds press conference on drone attacks

By Demotix, 09/05/2012

09 May 2012
Drones victims sue Pakistan for complicity in CIA killing of 50 villagers

An Islamabad-based legal charity has today launched legal action against the Pakistani Government in Peshawar's High Court on behalf of the victims of a deadly CIA drone strike in March 2012.

09 May 2012
Buy Your Own Drone! Now Only $300 Online

We don’t need to imagine the future anymore. In the dystopian reality of 2012, the drone can ruin your life in ways you never imagined.

30 April 2012
Peace conference puts face to drone victims

By Anwar Iqbal, Dawn, 30/04/2012

30 April 2012
Rights groups hold international Drone Summit in Washington DC

This weekend, CODEPINK, the Center for Constitutional Rights, and Reprieve hosted the International Drone Summit in Washington, DC.

30 April 2012
Do drones make killing and spying too easy?

By Tracie Mauriello, The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 29/04/2012

29 April 2012
US launches drone war on unidentified targets

Interview with CODEPINK activist, Tighe Barry, Press TV, 28/04/2012

28 April 2012
As Obama Expands Drone War, Activists & Victims’ Advocates Join D.C. Summit on Growing Civilian Toll

By Democracy Now, 27/04/2012

27 April 2012
Obama to be challenged over human cost of CIA drone strikes

By Karen McVeigh, The Guardian, 26/04/2012

26 April 2012
Press conference tomorrow: launch of International Drones Summit 1230(EST) Thurs April 26 Washington DC

This weekend's international Drone Summit aims to bring transparency and the rule of law to the CIA’s covert targeted killing programme in Pakistan and beyond.

25 April 2012
Pakistani drones victims lawyer Shahzad Akbar to speak in Washington DC after US relents and grants visa

After months of pressure from lawyers and activists, the US government has this week granted Pakistani human rights lawyer Shahzad Akbar a visa to attend and speak at an International Drone Summit in Washington DC on April 28, 2012.

24 April 2012
US relents and grants visa to lawyer for CIA drone strike victims in Pakistan

By Karen McVeigh, The Guardian, 24/04/2012

24 April 2012
Drone strike victim Noor Khan makes urgent appeal to UK court to review Britain’s role in the targeted killing of his father

Lawyers for a Pakistani student whose civilian father was killed in a drone strike have taken further legal action over the British Government’s refusal to come clean on its policy of providing intelligence to support the CIA’s illegal programme.

23 April 2012
The Rise of the Killer Drones: How America Goes to War in Secret

By Michael Hastings, Rolling Stone, 16/04/2012

16 April 2012
Judgment due tomorrow in CIA drones murder case in Pakistan

An Islamabad court will hand down judgment tomorrow (Tuesday) over the Pakistani police’s failure to investigate two reports by Pakistani citizens on the murder of innocent civilians by CIA unmanned aerial vehicles (drones).

16 April 2012
Lawyer for victims of CIA drone strikes in Pakistan again denied entry to US

By Karen McVeigh, The Guardian, 13/04/2012

13 April 2012
Drone activist denied visa

By Glenn Greenwald, Salon, 13/04/2012

13 April 2012
Pakistani lawyer representing victims of drone strikes prevented from speaking in US

The US government has failed to grant a visa to Pakistani lawyer Shahzad Akbar, effectively blocking his appearance at an International Drone Summit in Washington DC on April 28.

11 April 2012
Obama administration silencing Pakistani drone-strike lawyer

When is the last time you heard from a civilian victim of the CIA’s secret drone strikes? Sure, most of them can’t speak because they’re deceased. But many leave behind bereaved and angry family members ready to proclaim their innocence and denounce the absence of due process, the lack of accountability, the utter impunity with which the U.S. government decides who will live and die.

11 April 2012
Judgment due tomorrow in CIA drones murder case in Pakistan

An Islamabad Court will hand down judgment tomorrow (Thursday) over the Pakistani police’s failure to investigate two reports by Pakistani citizens on the murder of innocent civilians by CIA unmanned aerial vehicles (drones).

11 April 2012
Speaking against drone strikes: Pakistani lawyer denied US visa

By Tribune, 09/04/2012

09 April 2012
Drone Summit: Killing and Spying by Remote Control

CODEPINK is, together with Reprieve and the Center of Constitutional Rights (CCR), hosting a weekend conference - the first of its kind - to explore the use of drones domestically and internationally.

02 April 2012
Drone Summit: Killing and Spying by Remote Control

There are just over five weeks until CODEPINK hosts it’s drones conference, ‘Drone Summit: Killing and Spying by Remote Control,” in Washington, DC. If you happen to be in the US capitol for the weekend of 28-29 April - make sure you attend!

19 March 2012
Protests grow as civilian toll of Obama’s drone war on terrorism is laid bare

By Andrew Buncombe & Issam Ahmed, The Independent, 03/03/2012

14 March 2012
Lawsuit targets U.K. for aiding U.S. drone strikes

By The Associated Press, CTV News, 12/03/2012

14 March 2012
UK government sued for helping Pakistan drone strikes

By AP, Dawn.com, 13/03/2012

14 March 2012
UK accused of 'assisting' covert CIA drone strikes

Channel 4 News, 12/03/2012

14 March 2012
William Hague facing legal action over drone strikes

BBC News UK, 11/03/2012

14 March 2012
UK rights group takes legal action against UK govt for helping US drone strikes

By Associated press, Washington Post 12/03/2012

14 March 2012
UK to face legal challenge over drones policy

Reprieve and solicitors Leigh Day & Co have announced that they will be issuing formal legal proceedings this week against the UK Foreign Secretary on behalf of Noor Khan, whose father was killed last year in a drone strike on a Jirga – or council of elders – in North West Pakistan.

12 March 2012
Families of children killed in drone strikes demand UN intervention to stop Pakistan attacks

Relatives of children killed and injured by CIA drone strikes in Pakistan have today filed a complaint against the USA with the United Nations.

23 February 2012
Interest in conflict – a conflict of interest?

Every so often, when an advocate of increasing drone strikes pops up in the media, it can be worth taking just the briefest of looks into their background.

10 February 2012
Pakistani human rights group calls for UN resolution to end CIA drone strikes

An Islamabad-based human rights charity has today called on Pakistan’s Government to demand the adoption of a UN resolution requiring that the USA stops carrying out drone strikes in its country.

01 February 2012
With its deadly drones, the US is fighting a coward's war

by George Monbiot, The Guardian, 30/01/12

31 January 2012
Was Teen Killed By CIA Drone a Militant -- or Innocent Victim?

by Nick Schifrin, ABC News, 30/12/11

30 December 2011
William Hague questioned on Pakistan drone strikes

BBC News, 17/12/11

17 December 2011
UK Government challenged over complicity in CIA drone attacks

Lawyers for the son of a victim of CIA drone strikes in Pakistan have written to the British Foreign Secretary, asking him to clarify what the UK’s policy is on providing intelligence used by the US in its ‘targeted killing’ campaign.

17 December 2011
Pakistan's legal fight to end the drone war

by Murtaza Hussain, Al Jazeera, 15/12/11

15 December 2011
Drone attacks in Pakistan: bringing the diplomats to justice

Last Friday, lawyers representing the victims of CIA drone attacks wrote to the US Ambassador to Pakistan, Cameron Munter, to inform him that we were going to bring him to justice for his complicity in the illegal killing of Pakistan citizens.

13 December 2011
Rare Photgraphs Show Ground Zero of the Drone War

by Spencer Ackerman, Wired, 12/12/11

12 December 2011
US envoy faces legal threat over boys death in drone hit

The Nation, 10/12/11

10 December 2011
Drone Program attacked by Human-Rights Groups

by Adam Entous, Evan Perez and Siobhan Gorman, The Wall Street Journal, 09/12/11

09 December 2011
US Ambassador Cameron Munter threatened with legal action over CIA drone killings of Pakistani children

An Islamabad human rights lawyer has written to the US Ambassador to Pakistan, asking him to either explain his role in a CIA drone strike which killed two children or face legal action over his part in the murder.

09 December 2011
Armed drones, deployed in Texas

Police in Montgomery County, Texas, have deployed their first armed drones. The first thing I thought on reading this was, frankly, “Uh-oh.”

10 November 2011
Watch Jemima Khan talk about drone attacks in Pakistan

Jemima Khan joined Reprieve and tribal elders from Waziristan at a conference in Islamabad to open an international dialogue on the use of CIA drones in Pakistan.

09 November 2011
Teenage anti-drone protester killed by CIA strike in Pakistan

A 16-year-old was last week killed along with his 12-year-old cousin by a CIA drone strike, just days after visiting Islamabad with his father for dialogue concerning the agency’s unmanned attack aircraft in the Pakistan border region.

06 November 2011
For Our Allies, Death From Above

By Clive Stafford Smith, The New York Times, 03/11/2012

03 November 2011
For Our Allies, Death From Above

Last Friday, I took part in an unusual meeting in Pakistan’s capital, Islamabad.

03 November 2011
Listen to Clive Stafford Smith talk about drone attacks on BBC Radio 4

by Orla Guerin, BBC Radio 4, 02/11/11

02 November 2011
Sunday’s rally is for change: Imran

by Syed Danish Hussain, The Nation, 28/11/01

28 October 2011
Imran to chair jirga on drone attacks

by Ahmad Hassan, Dawn.com, 28/10/11

28 October 2011
Waziristan tribal elders protest CIA drone strikes at grand council in Islamabad

Legal action charity Reprieve and Pakistan’s Foundation for Fundamental Rights will tomorrow (Friday) host the Waziristan Grand Jirga (council) in Islamabad, in order to open an international dialogue on the CIA’s use of drones in Pakistan.

27 October 2011
Drones: when science-fiction becomes news

"What was a science-fiction scenario not much more than a decade ago has become today’s news.”

18 October 2011
The role of aerial drones in modern warfare

Listen to Liam Cochrane, Robert Hewson and Chris Woods, ABC Radio Australia, 26/08/11.

26 August 2011
Watch Shahzad Akbar speak to CNN about drone strikes

Reprieve's partner in Pakistan, Shahzad Akbar, speaks to CNN about the hundreds of people killed by drone strikes.

25 August 2011
The civilian victims of the CIA's drone war

A new study gives us the truest picture yet – in contrast to the CIA's own account – of drones' grim toll of 'collateral damage'

19 August 2011
Attacking the messenger: how the CIA tried to undermine drone security

by Chris Woods, Bureau of Investigative Journalism, 12/08/11

15 August 2011
Photos documenting the victims of drone attacks in Pakistan

by David R Arnott, MSNBC, 03/08/11

05 August 2011
Under fire from afar: Harrowing exhibition reveals damage done by drones in Pakistan

by Jemima Khan, The Independent, 29/01/11

29 July 2011
Gaming in Waziristan

by Iain Sinclair, The Morning Star Online, 27/07/11

28 July 2011
Drone alone: Exploring the lure of remote warfare

by Paul Marks, The New Scientist, 27/07/11

28 July 2011
Watch Tara Murray speak to Russia Today about drone warfare in Pakistan

Reprieve staff attorney Tara Murray talks to Russia Today about the use of drones in Pakistan.

19 July 2011
US Use of Unmanned Drones in Pakistan

by Gavin Esler, Newsnight, 18/07/11

18 July 2011
Drone War in Pakistan

by Hasnain Kazim, Spiegel Online, 18/07/11

18 July 2011
CIA drone strike photos published for the first time

Legal action charity Reprieve and Islamabad human rights lawyer Shahzad Akbar today announce the publication of the first large array of photographs depicting the devastating impact of US unmanned aircraft ('drone') attacks on innocent civilians in Pakistan.

18 July 2011
Drone strike photo exhibition opens in London

On Thursday 21 July, legal action charity Reprieve will be discussing their drones project alongside a new exhibition of photos and videos showing the devastation unleashed in Pakistan by the CIA’s robot attack aircraft.

15 July 2011
Campaigner seeks arrest of former CIA legal chief over Pakistan drone attacks

by Peter Beaumont, The Guardian, 15/07/2011

15 July 2011
Gaming in Waziristan

Beaconsfield gallery is curating a show of photographs and videos documenting the havoc wrought by drones firing missiles in the North Waziristan region of Pakistan. The photos will be published for the first time next week.

14 July 2011
Drone strikes in Pakistan may cause health complications for generations to come

US drones strikes have caused devastation to innumerable families in the tribal areas of Pakistan by targeting innocents and causing destruction.

11 July 2011
Drone attacks expand into Somalia, Yemen

Hot on the heels of news that the US is providing Uganda and Burundi with Raven surveillance drones to support their operations in Somalia, the Washington Post reported yesterday that the first drone strike in Somalia allegedly injured two al-Shabab militants last week. As so often with drone reporting, no names were furnished.

05 July 2011

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