A well-known journalist and peace activist on Saturday told hundreds of people that they were showing the world that Bradford “cares about injustice” in a city centre protest against drone attacks in Pakistan. Yvonne Ridley, who was captured and imprisoned by the Taliban in Afghanistan weeks after the 9/11 attacks, was speaking at the peaceful protest organized by the Bradford Global Justice Movement in Centenary Square outside the town hall. The protest was designed to highlight civilian killings in Pakistan due to the use of unmanned aerial vehicles. Ridley, 54, told the crowd that drone attacks authorized by the US in Pakistan were the main reason for an increase in the number of suicide bombings in the country and claimed there was a correlation between the two. “It doesn’t take a rocket scientist to figure out how to stop the suicide bombings – stop the drone attacks,” she told the crowd. “By turning up today, you are showing the world you care about the injustices raining down on the people of Pakistan.”
