Monthly Archives: December 2013

          Girl, 7 year old “terrorist” brought to Lady Reading Hospital, Peshawar (Pakistan) emergency from Mir Ali, killed during recent assault from Pakistan military (photo, Dr Noor Wazir) and Hala Ahmad Albhairy, age 4 killed in Gaza following … Continue reading →

“Military operations in one’s own country do not resolve problems; instead they exacerbate them and the same will happen if a military operation is launched in North Waziristan” Imran Khan                       … Continue reading →

      Murad Eshtewi Head of Popular Struggle Coordination Committee and Shaul Hanuka anti-apartheid activist Introduction Shaul Hanuka, an Israeli living in Mizpe Ramon became an anti-Zionist at the age of 15. As a naturally inquisitive person he began … Continue reading →

  “stop army operations, we want peace not War on Terror”     Death toll mounts this week as a result of army operations in Tribal Areas A Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) spokesperson, talking to DAWN media claimed that the militant group … Continue reading →

Press Statement 13th December 2013  To pay tribute to the old Chief Justice Mr Iftekhar Mohammad Chaudhry and welcome the new one Mr Tasadduq Jilani, under the pretext of the International Human Rights Day, Defence of Human Rights held a … Continue reading →

“we cannot counteract extremism unless there is honest debate, governments appear unwilling to embark on this journey” Release of British Task Force report on extremism and criticism of report This month a government assigned task force has released a report … Continue reading →

Nelson Mandela 1918 – 2013 “I was made, by the law, a criminal, not because of what I had done, but because of what I stood for, because of what I thought, because of my conscience.” (Statement during trial, 1962) … Continue reading →

Reprieve press statement 3rd December 2013 A UK court has heard that fear of damaging its relationship with the US must not be used as an excuse for hiding the truth of British involvement in the CIA’s covert drone war. … Continue reading →

Reprieve Press Release (December 2nd 2012) The Court of Appeal in London today heard from the lawyer for a civilian drone strike victim, who is seeking answers over the UK’s role in supporting the CIA’s covert programme in Pakistan. Noor … Continue reading →