Anti-drone activists supporters of Imran Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek -e-Insaf  (PTI) party, CodePink and Representatives of Jamaat -i-Islami gathered outside UN offices in New York to campaign for an end to the use of armed drones which have killed many civilians. As Saeedullah Khan who lives in Pakistan said earlier this week:-

“This drone strike was an attack on us, on our provincial government. It was an attack on our territory, not the tribal areas. Who knows where the next drone will strike?”

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/cricketer-turned-politician-imran-khan-leads-antidrone-protesters-in-blockade-of-key-nato-supply-line-8959637.html

Article on protest… http://www.geo.tv/article-128441-PTI-holds-anti-drone-protest-in-front-of-UN-in-New-York

Carol Anne Grayson is an independent writer/researcher on global health/human rights and is ExecutiveCar Producer of the Oscar nominated, Incident in New Baghdad.  She is a Registered Mental Nurse with a Masters in Gender Culture and Development. Carol was awarded the ESRC, Michael Young Prize for Research 2009, and the COTT ‘Action = Life’ Human Rights Award’ for “upholding truth and justice”. She is also a survivor of US “collateral damage”.