April Days of Action Against Drones comes to AUSTIN

The Fellowship of Reconciliation and Amnesty International rallied students at UT Austin on Tuesday for a demonstration taking place as part of the April Days of Action Against Drones. As reported in the Daily Texan, English Professor Snehal Shingavi spoke about human rights violations implicit in drone warfare as well as the depletion of domestic budgets entailed by spending on the research of drone technology.

Ayesha Akbar, President of Amnesty International's Texas
 Chapter, spoke of the thousands of civilian casualties that have
resulted from drone warfare and read personal accounts
from those directly affected around the world.

Susana Pimiento Chamorro of the Fellowship of Reconciliation also spoke, connecting the burgeoning of drone programs to the continuing war on drugs in latin america.

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