Tuesday, October 22, 2013

Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch : U.S. Drone Strikes Could Be Classed As War Crimes

Demonstrators stand beside a mock drone outside the gates of Fort McNair where President Barack Obama will speak at Washington's National Defense University May 23, 2013. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque

US Accused Of Unlawful Killings In Pakistan Drone Strikes -- Voice of America

ISLAMABAD — The international human rights group Amnesty International said in a report released Tuesday that the United States “appears to have committed very serious” human rights violations with its drone program in Pakistan, some of which could even amount to war crimes. The rights group is now calling on U.S. authorities to end the secrecy surrounding the controversial program and bring to justice those responsible for civilian deaths in drone attacks.

Amnesty International officials describe the report as one of the most comprehensive studies to date of the U.S. drone program.

The report reviewed all 45 known missile strikes by the pilotless planes in Pakistan’s militant-dominated North Waziristan tribal territory from January 2012 through August of this year.

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More News On Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch Criticizing U.S. Drone Strikes

US drone strike killings in Pakistan and Yemen 'unlawful' -- BBC
US drone strikes could be classed as war crimes, says Amnesty International -- The Guardian
Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch Blast U.S. Drone Strikes -- Time
U.S. drone strikes killed Pakistani grandmother, laborers: Amnesty -- Reuters
Amnesty criticizes US drone program in Pakistan -- AP
Amnesty urges US to end drone attack secrecy -- AFP
Rights groups say drone strikes kill more civilians than U.S. admits -- L.A. Times
Rights groups: Some U.S. drone strikes in Pakistan, Yemen may be war crimes -- CNN
Civilian Deaths in Drone Strikes Cited in Report -- New York Times
Drone strikes killing more civilians than U.S. admits, human rights groups say -- Washington Post
Amnesty Calls on U.S. to End Pakistan Drone Strikes -- Voice of America
Reports: Drone strikes kill more civilians than U.S. admits -- UPI
Human rights groups accuse U.S. of fudging stats of civilian deaths by drone strikes -- Washington Times
US may be guilty of war crimes over drone use – Amnesty Intl -- RT
US drone strikes condemned in rights reports -- Al Jazeera
Amnesty report on Pakistan drone strikes contradicts US assurances of precision -- Christian Science Monitor
Reports: U.S. Drone Strikes Violate Laws of War -- Rolling Stone
Family whose grandmother was killed in U.S. drone attack in front of children spearhead Amnesty International campaign to label such strikes war crimes -- Daily Mail

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