Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Monday issued a report that describes the threat from and advocates for the ban of fully autonomous weapon systems. These weapons systems are essentially robots that would be...
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Obama Drone Policy Makes American Citizens Vulnerable, Undermines National Security
Samar Warsi, Muslim Civil Liberties Union (MCLU)
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) called on US President Barack Obama early Wednesday morning to shut down the Guantanamo Bay military prison, even as it congratulated him on his re-election...
Pakistan citizen sues UK Foreign Office over intelligence sharing for US drone strikes
The UK Royal Courts of Justice on Tuesday are scheduled to hear the lawsuit of a Pakistani citizen who sued the British Foreign and Commonwealth Office in order to discover the extent and lawfulness of...
DC Circuit hears arguments on ACLU request for information on drone strikes
The US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit heard arguments Thursday on whether to grant a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) [advocacy...
UN expert says US government must allow investigation of drone strikes
UN Special Rapporteur on human rights and counterterrorism Ben Emmerson told reporters on Sunday that the US government must allow an independent investigation of the legality of its drone strike policy. The US has received heavy criticism recently for...
Pakistan Ambassador to the US Sherry Rehman on Friday called on the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) to stop using drone strikes in a video conference debate with White House War Adviser Douglas...
US lawmakers on Tuesday expressed concern over the use of drone strikes. At a hearing in the US House Committee on Homeland Security lawmakers called on Congress and the Department of Homeland Security to...
The Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) and the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) filed a lawsuit Wednesday challenging the US government's targeted killing of three US citizens in drone strikes. Senior al Qaeda...
The UN Special Rapporteur on Extrajudicial, Summary, or Arbitrary Executions continued to criticize US drone strikes on Thursday, saying that in some cases the attacks may constitute war crimes. In addressing the 20th Session of the...