European Forum on Armed Drones

EFAD is a civil society network of organisations working on human rights and disarmament that challenges the growing use and proliferation of armed drones.

[Delina Goxho @delinagoxho]

As @nytimes has reported on civilian deaths across the Middle East & Pakistan&Afghanistan and has done so thanks to the incredible work of @Anand_Gopal_ @AzmatZahra @mattaikins & others, The Daily today investigates consequences for #drone pilots @ReaperBook @airwars @EFADrones

[European Forum on Armed Drones @EFADrones]

Today the #Dutch parliament will vote on the weaponizing of Dutch Reaper #drones. @Wammezz @paxforpeace calls for a clear Dutch position on the lethal use of drones, in full compliance with IHRL and IHL

[PAX voor vrede @PAXvoorvrede]

Vanavond stemt de Tweede Kamer over de bewapening van Nederlandse MQ-9 Reaper drones. @PAXvoorvrede @wammezz roept in @volkskrant op tot een duidelijke juridische positie én militaire visie van het kabinet over de dodelijke inzet van deze omstreden wapens.
https://t.co/0bDeF982sM

[Francesco Vignarca @kkvignarca]

Il “riarmo è in corso da tempo. La guerra in #Ucraina è solo un pretesto per legittimarlo” dico a @Lavialibera, che in questo lungo e documentato articolo riassume alcuni dati su #SpeseMilitari e #armi

https://t.co/8IQ1Bl2mED

[European Forum on Armed Drones @EFADrones]

Read our updated country profile on Italy, to learn more about Italy's possession and use of #drones, the airbase #Sigonella and the possible armament of Italy's #Reapers 👇

https://t.co/JMpnqWqvQR

[European Forum on Armed Drones @EFADrones]

#German parliament approves purchase of 140 missiles for the armament of its Heron TP #drones, where any use would require an ''explicit parliamentary mandate''
https://t.co/6lBnlxgpWp

[European Forum on Armed Drones @EFADrones]

“While AFRICOM is directly responsible, the Italian commander must have known about and approved the operation, and can therefore be criminally responsible as an accomplice for having allowed the unlawful lethal attack'' explains @chamelons

[ECCHR @ECCHRBerlin]

PRESS RELEASE

🇮🇹Italy’s responsibility in deadly US #drone strike in Libya👉 https://t.co/DuyQN4oEnC

Criminal complaint filed against Italian Commander of Naval Air Station Sigonella together with @RetePaceDisarmo and @Reprieve.

[European Forum on Armed Drones @EFADrones]

''We haven’t talked nearly enough about the risk that people potentially put themselves and others in by flying small drones on or near the battlefield''

[Rete Italiana Pace e Disarmo @RetePaceDisarmo]

La responsabilità dell'Italia nell'attacco mortale di #droni USA in Libia

Presentata da @RetePaceDisarmo una denuncia contro il comandante italiano della base militare aerea navale di Sigonella insieme a @Reprieve e @ECCHRBerlin

#DroniArmati @EFADrones
https://t.co/WVwe21AZxX

[chantal melonì @chamelons]

❗#US #ArmedDrones killed 11 Tuareg men in Libya on 29Nov2018. Now, relatives of the victims @ECCHRBerlin @Reprieve and @RetePaceDisarmo filed a criminal complaint against the #Sigonella Italian commander for complicity in the unlawful killing

[chantal melonì @chamelons]

If you missed our panel on Saturday on #drones, here it is! Beyond Human Control: The impact of the Drone War on Civilians · #DNL26 ... https://t.co/2zSwmWa09x via @YouTube @ECCHRBerlin @johngoetz @Emran_Feroz @KhalilDewan @disruptberlin

[Wim Zwijnenburg @wammezz]

Chinese Wing-Loong armed #drones still operating from Harar Meda Airport, as seen on this @planet Skysat image from March 22, 2022

[European Forum on Armed Drones @EFADrones]

Loitering munitions deployed by both #Russia and #Ukraine. Some evidence Ukraine might also be using Polish Warmate #drones says @wammezz @PAXforpeace
https://t.co/pj1tpmOcbN

[PAX voor vrede @PAXvoorvrede]

Met op afstand bestuurde precisiewapens breekt in Oekraïne in de oorlogsvoering een nieuw tijdperk aan.

@wammezz van PAX in @trouw: "Het geeft minder burgerslachtoffers. Tegelijkertijd zit er een groot risico aan de verspreiding van dit soort wapens."
https://t.co/bLUUE1KbFe

[European Forum on Armed Drones @EFADrones]

#US to provide #Ukraine with small, portable switchblade #drones
https://t.co/i7mb1XYE9U

[ECCHR @ECCHRBerlin]

1/4🧵
📣Tomorrow we will be once again before the Italian Administrative Tribunal in Rome (TAR) to get #transparency and obtain access to Italy-US agreements on #ArmedDrones at Sigonella airbase. ECCHR first attempted to obtain the documents back in 2017
👉https://t.co/djsq7JzvZ4

[European Forum on Armed Drones @EFADrones]

#Ukraine receives more #Turkish Bayraktar #drones amid #Russian invasion
https://t.co/KUIS787UcQ

[European Forum on Armed Drones @EFADrones]

Amid increasing concerns over #Russia's invasion in #Ukraine, #Poland seeks to buy MQ-9 Reaper #drones ''as soon as possible''
https://t.co/AqgcB40dp9

[chantal melonì @chamelons]

A truly precious document by @EFADrones that shows how problematic #drones targeting selection/process is: “Drone strike in the Malian desert”, transcription of the interview of Lieutenant-Colonel
Romain, French Air Force officer and drone operator: https://t.co/lkKq1P7i1S

[Rebecca Mignot-Mahdavi @RMignotMahdavi]

Hoping this French drone operator's testimony will finally get the visibility it deserves thanks to @EFADrones https://t.co/x8a5WOBpfR Our legal clinic (@LeonardMieusset @AureYehiel
@PINELClaire1 Magali Drevet) transcribed, translated the interview & briefly commented on it 1/2

[European Forum on Armed Drones @EFADrones]

A #French #drone pilot's testimony reveals a problematic target selection process in the Sahel. It is crucial that France clarifies its interpretation of applicable norms say @RMignotMahdavi, @AureYehiel, @PINELClaire1, Magali Drevet & @LeonardMieusset
https://t.co/CNqb5vVqXs