The drone wars continue to develop with strikes taking place over the past ten days in Yemen, Somalia and Libya as well as Afghanistan and Pakistan. The RAF reported, in a unsurprisingly low-key way, that the 200th British drone strike had… Read More ›
International Law
The Real Drone Virus
Since Wired announced last week that a computer virus has infected the Ground Control stations of the USAF Reaper and Predator drone fleet at Creech Air Force Base, the blogosphere as well as the general media have been awash with the story…. Read More ›
Liam Fox on Drone Strikes: Our Response
We have recently been forwarded a number of replies from the MoD in response to letters about the use of armed drones. This letter from Secretary of State for Defence, Dr Liam Fox – asserting that the UK completely complies with international law and… Read More ›
Drones, targeted killing and international law
I’ve spent the past few days in Berlin at a conference organised by the European Center for Constitutional and Human Rights (ECCHR) and Amnesty International looking at how, ten years after 9/11, counter terrorism is impacting on everyday life around… Read More ›
Focus on drones and targeted killing at forthcoming human rights conference
The European Center for Constitutional and Human Rights (ECCHR) and Amnesty International are hosting a conference entitled TEN YEARS AFTER 9/11 in Berlin on June 29 to map how the ‘war on terror’ is shaping new areas of our everyday… Read More ›
US drone strikes return to Pakistan with a vengeance as resistance grows
After something of a lull, US drone strikes have returned with a vengeance to Pakistan over the past two weeks, the latest of which, killed six people this afternoon. In addition strikes have taken place on 10th, 12th, 13th and 16 May. According… Read More ›
Drone wars and international law: videos from US day conference
Last week the New America Foundation and the American Society of International Law among others sponsored a day conference at the Arizona State University on the issue of drone warfare and the law. The event brought together international lawyers, journalists, military officers, social scientists,… Read More ›
US drone strikes resume in Pakistan
The Washington Post reported today (Feb 21st) that out of 118 CIA drone strikes in Pakistan only 13 ‘High Value Targets’ had been killed, of which only two were on the US’ Most Wanted list. According to the New American… Read More ›
Newsweek: Inside the Killing Machine
by Tara McKelvey Don’t normally repost other people’s articles here but this is an illuminating piece from Newsweek on how, as it says in the article “the formal process of determining who should be hunted down and “blown to bits” by… Read More ›
Drones: See No Border, Hear No Victims, Speak No Peace
“You expect us to open the skies for anything that you can fly… in which country can you do that?” Unnamed Pakistani Intelligence Official The Washington Post reports today (Nov. 20th) that further pressure is being put on the Pakistani government… Read More ›
US Drone Strikes Intensify In Pakistan
Over the past ten days or so there have been over a dozen reported drone strikes in Pakistan near the Afghan border. Associated Press reports today (15th Sept) that drone strikes “have killed more than 60 people in 13 strikes since… Read More ›
Drone wars: As the lawyers argue, manufacturers get on with it
The growing use of unmanned drones in armed conflicts around the world seems set to continue into the future despite calls for restraint and regulation. As legal groups in the US file lawsuits to try to prevent the drone assassination… Read More ›
Peace protesters arrested at US drone center face trespass charges
The following is taken from the Las Vegas City Life newspaper Written by Jason Whited: JWHITED@LVCITYLIFE.COM An upcoming trial for activists who illegally entered Creech Air Force Base to protest the government’s use of unmanned aerial vehicles has caught the attention… Read More ›
Amnesty International: Attacks from US Aerial Drones in Pakistan
Amnesty International USA have published a new report, As if Hell Fell on Me’: The Human Rights Crisis in Northwest Pakistan, looking at the impact on civilians of the onging conflict in Northwest Pakistan. Describing the area as a “human rights free zone”, the… Read More ›
