Cornel West Remarks at the International Drone Summit
Cornel West was a featured speaker at a summit on drones, “Drones Around the Globe: Proliferation and Resistance.” He ta…
Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch held a joint news conference to release their two new reports on U.S. drone strikes and other a… read more
Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch held a joint news conference to release their two new reports on U.S. drone strikes and other air strikes in Pakistan and Yemen. The Amnesty International report, "Will I be next?" US Drone Strikes in Pakistan, documents nine drone strikes in northwest Pakistan that occurred in 2012 and 2013. The Human Rights Watch report, Between a Drone and Al-Qaeda: The Civilian Cost of US Targeted Killings in Yemen, documents six strikes in Yemen from 2009 to 2013. The presenters responded to questions from reporters at the National Press Club.
Mustafa Qadri
Pakistan Researcher
Letta Tauler
Senior Counterterrorism Researcher
Senior Counterterrorism Counsel
Advocacy Adviser
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