Activists to urge UK govt. to end drone secrecy
Anti-war protesters gathered at the RAF Waddington airbase near Lincoln (file photo).
Activists from across the UK are to deliver a petition to the British government, calling for an end to the secrecy surrounding the use of deadly British drones in Afghanistan.
The petition, signed by 10,000 people, is due to be submitted on Wednesday, June12, by the Drone Campaign Network, urging the government to lift the veil of secrecy over new form of remotely controlled unmanned warfare.
Britainâ„¢s Ministry of Defence (MoD) has revealed earlier in April that the countryâ„¢s Royal Air Force (RAF) assassination drones, used in missions over Afghanistan, are controlled from British soil for the first time.
The MoD confirmed that its new aircraft, known as XIII Squadron, started flying missions over Afghanistan this week from RAF Waddington base in Lincolnshire.
On April 27, British anti-drone activists staged a protest on governmentâ„¢s use of drones as weapons to wage wars and carry out assassinations overseas.
The rally called by groups including, Campaign Against Nuclear Disarmament (CND), Drone Campaign Network, Stop the War Coalition and War on Want.
Britain has spent more than £2 billion over the last five years, developing its unethical assassination drones, according to British media reports.
The deployment of assassination drones by the US and its allies has led to deaths of at least hundreds of innocent civilians, including many women and children, in the Middle East.
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This article originally appeared on: Press TV