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In July 2012, multiple drone strikes hit an impoverished village in Pakistan, near the border with
Afghanistan, killing 18 labourers, including a 14-year-old boy, as they were about to enjoy an evening
meal at the end of a long day of work. In October 2012, 68-year-old Mamana Bibi was killed in a
double strike, apparently by a Hellfire missile, as she picked vegetables in the family’s fields while
surrounded by some of her grandchildren. They recounted in painful detail to Amnesty International the
moment when Mamana Bibi was blasted into pieces before their eyes.
These are just two of the 45 reported drone strikes carried out by the United States of America (USA)
in North Waziristan, northwestern Pakistan between January 2012 and August 2013 that Amnesty
International reviewed in its ground-breaking 2013 report “Will I be next?": US drone strikes in Pakistan.
Amnesty International conducted detailed research into nine of those drone strike cases, including the
two above. This research revealed that the USA had carried out unlawful drone killings in Pakistan,
some of which could amount to war crimes or extrajudicial executions. Five years later, US authorities
have failed to acknowledge responsibility for the strikes documented by Amnesty International, let
alone establish a mechanism for investigating potentially unlawful killings and providing redress where
appropriate.