you speak with karim khan's lawyer, shahzad akbar. , karim is shahzad akbar khan's lawyer. told me why it is difficult to narrate his clients lives for the court and media. -- wen i have a client have this person who was killed so would like to construct his life on photographs. we have family photos of when he was young, when he was in school, when he was a teenager in and grew up. they're not there because you don't have the culture of taking pictures. >> in 2012, democracy now! spoke to, the cofounder of the foundation for fundamental rights and organizations that represents victims of drone strikes in pakistani courts. he is karim khan's lawyer. shahzad akbar explained why he decided to visit the u.s. at that time. >> on behalf of the victims in pakistan wanted to reach out to americans so they can make an informed judgment on drones. their opinion matters and it is going to matter in the next elections as well. they need to know what drones are doing to humans in pakistan. many of them who are civilians and it has been said by independent groups and journalists as well

you can go to democracynow.org for our segment about karim khan from wednesday's broadcast. to japan,mbassador caroline kennedy, visited the southern island of okinawa wednesday amidst local protest against the u.s. military presence. kennedy met with okinawa was governor who has agreed to relocate a u.s. base from a densely populated urban area to or more reload -- remote location. but a decades long movement of okinawa residents has opposed the base altogether and pushed for ousting u.s. forces off the island, citing environmental concerns and sexual assaults by u.s. soldiers. since 1972, u.s. servicemembers have been accused of over 5800 crimes, including 26 murders and 120 eight rapes. at their meeting, committee pledged cooperation while the governor urged the u.s. to address local concerns. >> hopefully, we can work together to keep the momentum moving forward for progress. >> there have been many incidents, accidents and environmental problems associated with the bases, and i would call on the abbasid are kennedy to do everything in her power to help bring about a com

they broke the door down and picked up karim khan and took him away. >> reporter: he was considered the face of the anti-drone campaign in pakistan. in 2009 an u.s. drone strike killed his son along with five members of his family and friends. since then the university graduate turned campaigner dedicated all his efforts to bring an end to u.s. drone attacks in pakistan. his lawyers think he was picked up by pakistan intelligence agencies. a high court has given them february 2,502nd to produce krim khan. his family insists if he has done anything wrong he must be tried in a court of law. >> if god forbid pakistani agencies have done it, my message would be that this is not the right way to do things. if we have committed any mistakes, then we would appear in a second if called. i'm a government servant myself and our family is well educated. >> many say this abduction is a set back for those who are trying to fight violence with non-violent means. >> rather than seek revenge he has gone to the court, which is is his right, for justice, for answers. the fact that his voice has been sile

the legal charity reprieve says karim khan was seized in the early hours of february 5 by up to 20 men, some wearing police uniforms. yes not been seen since. his brother and son were both killed in a drone strike. he criticized u.s. drone wars in an interview with filmmaker madiha tahir. >> you ask me a question about terrorism. >> karim khan was also engaged in legal proceedings against the pakistani government for their failure to investigate the killings of his son and brother. the executive director of reprieve said in a statement -- to see "wounds of waziristan," you can go to democracynow.org. a three-year-old girl in kabul has been done this with polio, marking the first case of the disease in the afghan capital since 2001 when u.s. invaded. the bbc reports the girl has been paralyzed by the disease. there were 14 polio cases reported in all of afghanistan last year. the afghan health ministry has launched a vaccination campaign in kabul. meanwhile, suicide barb -- our bomb attack on a convoy killed two nato contractors in kabul monday. seven afghan civilians were wounded. vini

yesterday on the show i talked about a pakistani man named karim khan who was an active drone activist who filed a lawsuit against the u.s. and pakistani government after his son and brother were murdered by u.s. drone back in two thousand and ten well just before he was set to speak with european lawmakers about this horrific practice he was abducted from his home by twenty men some of whom were wearing police uniforms according to witnesses for entire eight days khan's whereabouts were unknown and only because of the tireless efforts of international activists putting pressure on both the u.s. and pakistani governments khan was just released today from his captors and now we know the horrifying details about what happened to him during that time if you can was taken to a cell where he was aligned folded and driven for hours i'm sorry after he was blindfolded and driven for hours according to human rights organization reprieve quote while detained in mr khan was interrogated beaten and tortured he was placed in chains and repeated the question about his investigations into drone strik

karim khan, who has been missing, has been released.brother and son were killed by a drone in 2009. the legal charity reprieve says .e was replaced -- released you can go to our website at democracynow.org to see our week'se from this broadcast. now we continue our debate between stewart baker, former nsa general counsel. he was appointed to the nsa by president george h.w. bush, and georgerved, appointed by w. bush, to the department of homeland security. we're also joined by daniel ellsberg, former pentagon and rand corporation analyst who inked the pentagon papers 1971, exposing the secret history of the u.s. involvement in vietnam. ellsberg, stewart baker says, in response to one -- juan 's question, surprised by what was exposed by edward snowden, and on the issue of edwards noting continuing to release information, according to edward edward snowden continuing to release information, according to edward snowden, he gave the documents to journalists. he said when he went to russia he did not have the documents and he is not the one

resulted in the deaths of several civilians including the family of a pakistani man named karim khon as a result khan filed a five hundred million dollar lawsuit against the us government which helped shine a light into this devastating practice and is now a fervent and drawn activist but unfortunately he has been missing for eight days after being kidnapped by twenty men some of whom are in police uniforms according to his lawyer kahn was set to speak with german dutch and british lawmakers about the deadly effects of drones just this week given the fact that his lawyer was prevented from coming to the u.s. to testify on behalf of other pakistan drone victims it seems that there are forces at play here that are actively preventing these voices from being heard so if you want to hear the truth about what's really going on below these killer robots then join me and let's break this up. the please please. please very hard to take that. lightly that he ever had sex with the terror threat there. was. such. a. little. sleepy little sleep. lately that. dealing with cable companies is frustrating enough whe