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John Oliver on Obama's Drone Warfare (HBO)

2014-10-04T06:03:29.048Z

The United States has launched a huge number of drone strikes under President Obama. It’s widely accepted and extremely terrifying, says comedian John Oliver.

Grandmother Sentenced to 1 Year in Prison After Protest at U.S. Drone Base

2014-07-12T17:17:29.885Z

Democracy Now! U.S. and World News Headlines for Friday, July 11

In New York, a peace activist and grandmother has been sentenced to a year in prison for her role in peaceful protests at a base where U.S. drones are piloted remotely. Mary Anne Grady Flores had been issued an order of protection aimed at keeping her away from Hancock Field Air National Guard Base after she participated in an act of civil disobedience there in 2012. Last year, Grady Flores says she attended another peace action, but did not participate, instead photographing it from the roadway, beyond what she believed was the base’s boundary. She was later told the base’s property extended into the road. On Thursday, Judge David Gideon of the DeWitt Town Court sentenced her to the maximum sentence of a year in prison for violating the protection order and fined her $1,000. In a courtroom packed with about 150 supporters, Grady Flores spoke about what she called the four perversions of justice in her case.

Mary Anne Grady Flores: "The fourth perversion is the reversal of who is the real victim here: the commander of a military base involved in killing innocent people halfway around the world or those innocent people themselves, who are the real ones in need of orders of protection? So I, as a nonviolent grandmother and a caregiver to my own mother, as I prepare for jail, itself a perversion, I stand before you remorseful. I’m remorseful about my own country and its continued perpetuating of violence and injustice."

Mary Anne Grady Flores was taken into custody following the sentencing. She is appealing the verdict. Earlier in the day, her supporters marched six miles from the drone base to the courtroom carrying a coffin bearing the words "First Amendment."

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Ibrahim Mothana, peace activist - died aged 25, in Yemen

2013-09-06T14:49:16.622Z

Democracy Now! U.S. and World News Headlines for Friday, September 6

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First Leaked Pakistani Report on U.S. Drone War Undermines Claims of Low Civilian Toll

2013-07-23T18:51:57.991Z

A leaked Pakistani government report has bolstered claims that civilian casualties from U.S. drone strikes are far higher than the Obama administration admitted...

Jeremy Scahill on Obama's War Machine, American Assassinations & Journalism

2012-11-17T18:56:20.383Z

Sierra Adamson talks to Jeremy Scahill, investigative journalist, author of Blackwater and writer for "The Nation" magazine.