Wednesday 12 February 2014

Statewatch News Online - Eurodrones, Inc. tells the story of how European citizens are unknowingly subsidising through their taxes a controversial drone industry

Statewatch News Online:

February 2014
 Statewatch/TNI report: Eurodrones, Inc. by Ben Hayes, Chris Jones & Eric Töpfer
Full report (pdf)Executive summary (pdf) Press releaseEnglish | German Italian | Spanish (pdfs)
Eurodrones, Inc. tells the story of how European citizens are unknowingly subsidising through their taxes a controversial drone industry yet are systematically excluded from any debates about their use. Behind empty promises of consultation, EU officials have turned over much of drone policy development to the European defence and security corporations which seek to profit from it. The current trajectory points in the direction of an increasingly militarised and repressive use of drones that will have far-reaching implications for the privacy and human rights for citizens of Europe and beyond.

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