Jemima Khan donates cameras to tribes to capture US drone damage

[The Northerner]

DIGITAL cameras are to be handed out free to tribal leaders in Pakistan today to document the death and devastation caused by US drone strikes.

The number of remote-controlled drone strikes against suspected Taleban and al-Qaeda militants has increased hugely in the past two years, but residents of Waziristan say the true death toll among innocent civilians is not being reported because journalists cannot get access to the region.

A Loya Jirga (Grand Council) of Waziri tribal leaders is being held in Islamabad today, and human rights lawyers will distribute an initial batch of 50 cameras to community leaders.

They will be asked to photograph the effects of drone strikes with the cameras, which will show when and where the pictures were taken. The information will go to a central databank accessible to the public.

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