Monthly Archives: May 2014

Justice for the Craigavon Two statements: Supporters speak out for Brendan McConville and John Wootton

  Justice for the Craigavon Two Statement 29/05/14 “Today the British appeal court made a shocking decision in the case of Brendan McConville and John Paul Wootton (The Craigavon Two) by dismissing their appeals against their life sentence convictions for … Continue reading

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Pashtun Council QAU protest against Waziristan bombing, Press Release

     Posters read “General, you are reminding us 1971” and “Allow international media to North Waziristan” Islamabad, 24th May 2014, Pashtun students Council, Quaid e Azam University. Islamabad held a Protest today against indiscriminate shelling by Army on innocent … Continue reading

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North Waziristan: Taliban claim retaliation attacks and TTP commander denies his death as protests continue

Mohmand Taliban media Mohmand Agency Taliban have claimed responsibility for an IED blast which hit a Pakistan army convoy in the Pandiali region of Mohmand agency yesterday morning, killing 6 soldiers and wounding others. They also accepted responsibility for a further blast … Continue reading

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North Waziristan air strikes: Imran Khan expresses “serious concern” and Amnesty International monitor actions

Earlier today I reported on air strikes on North Waziristan by Pakistan jets and helicopter gunships which killed both militants and civilians see North Waziristan suffers serious bombardment, civilians traumatized by airstrikes https://activist1.wordpress.com/2014/05/22/north-waziristan-suffers-a-fierce-bombardment-civilians-traumatized-by-strikes/ Imran Khan, Chairman of Pakistan Tehrik-e -Insaf … Continue reading

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North Waziristan suffers a fierce bombardment, civilians traumatized by air strikes

    Photos from locals in Waziristan claiming to show child casualties from recent bombardment. As reports started to emerge yesterday regarding the latest airstrikes by Pakistani jet fighters over North Waziristan, a friend posed the question as to whether this fresh … Continue reading

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Pakistan ambassador calls for ban on drones at UN conference as several persons reported killed in latest strike

       Ambassador Zamir Akram of Pakistan calls for ban on drones at UN Conference in Geneva All this week The CCW Meeting of Experts on Lethal Autonomous Weapons Systems (LAWS) is taking place from 13 to 16 May … Continue reading

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