Code Pink in Pakistan's 'tribal badlands': Stop drone attacks now
"Band karo, band karo, drone hamle band karo" chanted US activists and a charged crowd.
TANK:
Accompanying activists of the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) in the peace march against drone attacks, American activists belonging to the organisation Code Pink vowed they would continue protesting against such “barbaric weapons” when they returned to the United States.
“We want you to know that after this peaceful demonstration today, we will go back to the United States and continue to educate the American people, protest and force our government to stop the drone strikes,” Code Pink activists said after the rally was halted in Tank, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
While they spoke mostly in English, which was promptly translated into Urdu by a volunteer, they then chanted in Urdu:
This resonated with the gathered crowd who subsequently joined them in the chants.
As many as 32 American members of Code Pink have traveled from the United States to take part in the rally, demanding “justice and human rights for everyone in the world.”
When they arrived in Islamabad earlier in the week, they, along with other peace activists from America brought with them a letter signed by over 3,000 people, urging the US government to end their drone campaign.
The letter was handed over to US authorities at the embassy in Islamabad.
Code Pink is an anti-war group composed mainly of women, which aims to end the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Accompanying activists of the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) in the peace march against drone attacks, American activists belonging to the organisation Code Pink vowed they would continue protesting against such “barbaric weapons” when they returned to the United States.
“We want you to know that after this peaceful demonstration today, we will go back to the United States and continue to educate the American people, protest and force our government to stop the drone strikes,” Code Pink activists said after the rally was halted in Tank, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
While they spoke mostly in English, which was promptly translated into Urdu by a volunteer, they then chanted in Urdu:
"Band karo, band karo, drone hamle band karo"
(stop, stop, drone attacks)
This resonated with the gathered crowd who subsequently joined them in the chants.
As many as 32 American members of Code Pink have traveled from the United States to take part in the rally, demanding “justice and human rights for everyone in the world.”
When they arrived in Islamabad earlier in the week, they, along with other peace activists from America brought with them a letter signed by over 3,000 people, urging the US government to end their drone campaign.
The letter was handed over to US authorities at the embassy in Islamabad.
Code Pink is an anti-war group composed mainly of women, which aims to end the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.