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May 9, 2013

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

The Peshawar High Court has declared the US guilty of war crimes for its use of drones in North West Pakistan, and ordered the government to stop future strikes.
April 29, 2013

The Drones Quilt: stitching for Noor

Last Saturday (27 April) demonstrators gathered for a protest march at RAF Waddington in Lincolnshire from where drone attacks on Afghanistan are now controlled. On 7 May, the Drones Quilt – a project initiated by the Fellowship of Reconciliation – will be handed in at Downing Street. Between these two events, I heard a moving ministry from a Friend who had participated in making a square for the quilt.
April 23, 2013

Protest targets drones operations centre at RAF Waddington

Campaigners are calling on the government to stop using unmanned aerial vehicles or 'drones', as Britain prepares to start controlling them from a domestic base.
April 12, 2013

Drone strikes illegal, says senior Pakistani judge

The Chief Justice of Peshawar’s High Court had said that drone strikes in north west Pakistan violate the country’s sovereignty and are illegal.
March 25, 2013

Drones ‘violate children’s rights under international law,’ says new report

A new report finds America’s covert drone programme, violates a range of children's rights as established under international law.
March 6, 2013

Drones in Yemen causing a ‘psychological emergency’, MPs told

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.
January 24, 2013

UK and US drone attacks to be investigated by United Nations

A United Nations investigation into targeted killings will examine the legality of drone strikes in Afghanistan, Pakistan, Yemen and Somalia.
January 22, 2013

US challenged over illegal drone strikes and 'targeted killings'

The US government has been challenged over illegal use of force amid reports it is finalising a “manual” for targeted killings including drone strikes.
January 13, 2013

Anti-drone and Guantanamo protesters block CIA headquarters

Some one hundred protesters against United States drone strikes and 'enhanced interrogations' have blocked the entrance to the CIA headquarters.
December 28, 2012

Drone victim to appeal ruling over UK support for CIA strikes in Pakistan

A Pakistani man whose father was killed by a US drone is to appeal a judgement seeking to determine the legality of UK intelligence sharing in relation to CIA drone strikes.