Monthly Archives: February 2014

“ “Sometimes knowing too much can be a curse”  I am missing the presence of Moazzam Begg as an important contributor to the daily political debate on terrorism and counter-terrorism on social media. A message came through earlier this week … Continue reading →

TTP Mohmand Agency deliver news of  the killing of 23 Frontier Corps men in retaliation for killing of their men in state custody I have spent a great deal of my life condemning violent actions whether carried out by state, … Continue reading →

Reprieve press release February 14th 2014 A Pakistani drone victim who had been missing since being abducted from his home by men in police uniforms on February 5 has been released. Kareem Khan, who had not been heard from since … Continue reading →

    Families on the Long March for justice, “justice delayed is justice denied” The Voice of Baloch Missing Persons (VBMP) began their first phase of a peaceful “Long March” against enforced disappearances on October 27th 2013. Protesters embarked on … Continue reading →

    Ethan McCord, the soldier featured in the now infamous Wikileaks video leaked by Bradley  (now Chelsea) Manning, known as “Collateral Murder” who has been the subject of several films, including the Oscar nominated “Incident in New Baghdad” is running for … Continue reading →

Reprieve press statement 12th February 2012 A Pakistani judge today ordered the country’s intelligence services to produce a victim of CIA drone strikes who has been missing since being seized from his Rawalpindi home a week ago. Kareem Khan, who … Continue reading →

Reprieve Press Statement 12th February 2014     Kareem Khan showing photos of relatives killed in US drone strike Parliamentarians from across Europe have written to the Pakistani Government to raise concerns over the disappearance of a drone strike victim … Continue reading →

  “The route to release Bowe is not through aggressive military action but by peaceful negotiation and prisoner exchange” Bowe Bergdahl is an American prisoner of war from Idaho, taken in Afghanistan in June 2009 and is thought to held by … Continue reading →

 Reprieve press statement 10th February 2014     Mr Khan showing photos of son and brother in law killed in US drone strike and with lawyer Shahzad Akbar A drone victim who was due to travel to Europe this week … Continue reading →

Rolf Kaestel is serving a life sentence without parole for robbing a taco stand with a toy water pistol of $264 in 1981. (The money was returned) Most of us have read how difficult it has been for whistleblowers Julian … Continue reading →