Anti-drone rally planned for London

Protesters to gather outside hotel staging conference on UAVs.

Following a rally against drone strikes in Islamabad in late October, anti-drone activists are planning to stage a similar rally in central London on November 16-17.

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The rally against the drones is due to be staged outside Copthorne Tara Hotel where a two day conference on unmanned aeriel vehicles is scheduled to be held. It is expected that some senior military officials involved with the drone programme, including Major General Stephen D. Schmidt, the commander of Airborne Early and Control Force Command of NATO will be addressing the conference.

The rally has the added impetus over the recent killings of two young boys in a drone strike on October 31. Tariq Khan, 16, and his 12 year old cousin, were killed by a US drone strike. The duo had participated in the Islamabad anti-drone rally only four days previously, meeting with lawyers and volunteering to take pictures showing the impact of drone strikes.

(Read: Drone strikes must stop: US human rights lawyer)

While the Islamabad rally was organised by the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf, the organiser's of the London protest are not linked to the Pakistani party.

Watch a slideshow of pictures from the Islamabad rally here.