VIDEO: RT's Gayane Chichakyan's segment on Rep. Alan Grayson's Drones Briefing
On Tuesday, October 29th 2013, RT's Gayane Chichakyan's discusses Rep. Alan Grayson's drone briefing on Capitol Hill. Brave New Foundation played an integral role in arranging the briefing including brining over a family who survived a drone strike in October 2012. See the full clip below.
Documentary on Pakistani citizens’ experiences in attacks
By Jessica Stone for CCTV.
A new documentary film released Wednesday tells the stories of Pakistani citizens allegedly injured and killed by the United States’ drone program. It’s called "Unmanned: America’s Drone Wars." CCTV’s Jessica Stone sat down with a man who lost his mother in a drone attack, and the film-maker who told his story.
Read moreAUDIO: NPR's Carrie Johnson interviews the Rehman family
On Tuesday, October 29th Carrie Johnson shared her experience interviewing the Rehman family who traveled from Pakistan to share their story of a drone attack which the children's grandmother on October 24th 2012. Listen to the full clip below.
My Daughter doesn’t have a terrorist’s face
For the Mumbai Mirror.
Washington A father and his two children, who have no connection to the Taliban or al-Qaeda, have travelled to the US where, on Tuesday, they gave US Congress first hand testimony of the death and dread inflicted on innocent civilians by CIA's drone attacks.
Read more‘Unmanned: America’s Drone Wars’ Documentary Premieres in NYC
By Denise Chow for LiveScience.
A new documentary that investigates the impact of U.S. drone strikespremiered Wednesday (Oct. 30) in New York City.
Read moreFive representatives show to hear family of survivors talk about drone strike
By Kelsey Waananen for Examiner.com.
On Tuesday, five lawmakers showed up to hear a 9-year-old survivor's story of living through a drone strike that killed her grandmother, the town's midwife, in Pakistan according to the Washington Post. Nabila ur Rehman, her brother 13-year-old Zubair and their father, Rafiq ur Rehman appeared before the lawmakers to convince them of the toll drone strikes have taken.
Read moreDrone-hit Pak family recounts terror before US Congress
By Washington Desk for the Frontier Post.
WASHINGTON (Web Desk) - A Pakistani family affected by US drone strikes, appeared before members of the US Congress on Tuesday to record their account from when they were targeted last year.
Read moreHeartbreaking Story: Pakistani Teen Tells How US Drone Killed his Grandmother
For Catholic Online.
A translator was moved to tears on Capitol Hill as a Pakistani teenager told of how his grandmother was killed in a U.S. drone strike. Thirteen-year-old Zubair ur Rehman, along with his father Rafiq and his nine-year-old sister Nabila described how his 67-year-old Momina Bibi was picking okra when a drone fired several missiles at unknown targets near his compound.
Read moreThe Short Life and Drone-Delivered Death of Tariq Aziz
By Neil Williams for Truthout.
Secure within the Margalla Hotel in Islamabad, Pakistan, I sat talking to 16-year-old Tariq Aziz, a schoolboy from the tribal regions in North Waziristan. "How many drones do you see a week?" I asked, expecting him to say three or four. "I see around ten or more, not a week, each and every day. It's terrifying. My family can't sleep. I am very tired all the time, and I've stopped going to school. We live our life in fear."
Read more