Speaking about armed drones to a group in Essex last night I was asked about the use of drones to spy on people in the UK. I get this question regularly since the Guardian reported in January that a number… Read More ›
Archive for June 2010
Protest at Parc Aberporth
Press Release from Welsh CND: Cymdeithas y Cymod (Wales Fellowship of Reconciliation) held a service and vigil at Parc Aberporth, Ceredigion where Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (drones) and their spying and tracking equipment are being perfected for use by arms companies… Read More ›
Drone boats and bombs
The Daily Mail has reported that British military special forces have trialled the Silver Marlin, an Israeli-built drone boat. The trials, watched by Special Boat Service and civil servants took place recently in the Middle East. According to the report, the Silver Marlin,… Read More ›
FoR Drone Wars Day Conference
The Fellowship of Reconciliation (FoR) are organising a one-day conference in central London on the growing use of armed drones on Saturday 18th September. I’m delighted to have been invited to speak and look forward to meeting lots of peace and human… Read More ›
Defending the Drones
The latest issue of Chatham House magazine The World Today, has a defence of the use of armed drones entitled ‘Drone Attacks: The ‘Secret’ Matrix’ by Amitai Etzioni, Professor of International Relations at The George Washington University. Etzionoi graciously acknowledges that there is… Read More ›
Yemen and Drones
Interesting report from Frank Gardner on Radio 4 focusing on Al-Qaida in Yemen but also looking at the CIA’s use of Reaper drone flying from Djibouti. Second report in a week looking at drones on the Today programme.
Radio 4 Today piece on Pakistan Drones Attacks
Zubedia Malik reports on drone attacks in Pakistan by the CIA and interviews Philip Alston
MoD confirms joint UK/France study into future drone
An MoD spokeswomen has said that the UK and France are half-way through a joint three-month feasibility study into the possibility of jointly producing/purchasing a new drone. The study came to light after the a senior Dassault executive called a press conference to argue… Read More ›
Drone goes rogue again
Less than a week after the US government deployed Predator drones over the US-Mexico border the flights have been temporarily halted after a Predator drone ‘went rogue’. According to a US Customs statement to a local Texas paper the drone experienced a “communications loss“. This… Read More ›
BBC America debates drones
Interesting seven minute piece on drones from BBC America.
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 ›
My letter on armed drones
The Guardian has published my letter in response to the Philip Alston report calling for similar scrutiny of the British use of armed drones. Philip Alston’s report to the UN human rights council (Report, 4 June) on CIA drone strikes in… Read More ›
