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Sunday, July 17, 2011

UK-Pak lawyers’ starts campaign for arrest of former CIA Chief

Britain lawyer Stafford Smith and Pakistani lawyers have started campaign at international level for the arrest of former CIA Legal Chief Jan Rezo on the killing of civilians in drone attacks in Pakistan.

Lawyers of Britain and Pakistan will register case in Islamabad Police Station. According to the lawyers’ the action should also be taken against Jan Rezo and all those who are involved in the drone strike operations.
Lawyers said that since 2004 to till date at least 2500 Pakistani civilians have been killed in the result of the drone strikes.
For legal action against John Rezo, the FIR will be registered on behalf of family members of the deceased persons, who were killed in US drone strike in 2009.
According to Stafford Smith the drone strikes of September2009 and December’s Machi Khel strikes as reason for the arrest of the former CIA chief. SANA